Language creativity of Polish, German and American politicians on Twitter during the 2018 election campaigns – selected issues Cover Image

Kreatywność językowa polityków polskich, niemieckich i amerykańskich na Twitterze w okresie kampanii wyborczych w 2018 roku – wybrane zagadnienia
Language creativity of Polish, German and American politicians on Twitter during the 2018 election campaigns – selected issues

Author(s): Beata Kacperska, Wojciech Markowski, Maria Migodzińska
Subject(s): Language studies, Media studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: linguistic creativity;language of politics;social media;Internet communication;

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses studying of examples of linguistic creativity in political discourse on Twitter, as well as showing the purpose of using linguistic tricks. Subject of analysis covers Twitter posts of two German, two American and two Polish politicians during election. Purpose of this collation is to show differences between creative role of tweets of people that are actively participating in political life in Poland, Germany and USA.

  • Issue Year: 29/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 119-138
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish