Implementation of the concepts of “freedom” and “justice” in the official speeches of President V.V. Putin (the presidential address to the Federal Assembly) Cover Image

Realizacja konceptu „wolność” i „sprawiedliwość” w oficjalnych wystąpieniach prezydenta W.W. Putina (na materiale orędzi do Zgromadzenia Federalnego)
Implementation of the concepts of “freedom” and “justice” in the official speeches of President V.V. Putin (the presidential address to the Federal Assembly)

Author(s): Robert Szymula
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Eastern Slavic Languages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: political discourse; address to the Federal Assembly; president

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an analysis of the verbalization of two concepts important for different genres of political discourse: the concepts of “freedom” and “justice”. The study was prepared on the basis of a relatively new genre for Russian presidential discourse, which is the Presidential address to the Federal Assembly. The lexical material was taken from all the addresses delivered by President W.W. Putin (2000–2007, 2012–2016, 2018–2020). The descriptive method and the contextual method were used during the analysis. The analysis showed that the verbalizations of these concepts are not numerous; they are also quite general. The main emphasis in the case of the concept of “freedom” was placed on the economy, and in the case of the concept of “justice” on the social sphere.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 279-293
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish