Vocabulary of contemporary political discourse

Political discourse is inconceivable without evaluation. Firstly, politics is a constant struggle: for attention, for the realisation of one's ideas, for the voter, etc. And the means to do so are evaluative units. Secondly, everything that happens in politics has a direct impact on people's living conditions. Therefore, one looks at all socio-political processes through the prism of one's interests, needs, aspirations. Hence, there is an active qualitative and evaluative orientation towards the socio-political sphere. The main means of expressing evaluation in a language is lexis and phraseology. This monograph is devoted to the description of these units. Evaluative socio-political vocabulary and phraseology are considered in the light of contemporary political discourse, i.e. taking into account the extra-linguistic factors which determine the specifics of meaning and functioning of the vocabulary (the political processes which swept Russia in the late 20th - early 21st century). The materials presented in the monograph may be of interest both to linguistic researchers and a wider range of readers.

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Karamova Aigul Ayratovna, candidata a las Ciencias Filológicas (especialidad "lengua rusa"), profesora asociada del Departamento de Lengua Rusa de la Academia Estatal Social y Pedagógica de Birsk (República de Bashkortostán). El ámbito de su actividad científica es el discurso político y los medios lingüísticos de su expresión.