Abstract
The article dwells upon the possible tactics of creating a positive political image by means of understatement which is treated as an aspect of the interpretational function of language, namely, the pragmatic illocutionary and perlocutionary mechanisms of speech; and as a characteristic cognitive and language feature of the English language.
| Translated title of the contribution | UNDERSTATEMENT: CREATING A POSITIVE POLITICAL IMAGE |
|---|---|
| Original language | Russian |
| Pages (from-to) | 529-532 |
| Journal | Когнитивные исследования языка |
| Issue number | 34 |
| State | Published - 2018 |
| Event | VIII Международный конгресс по когнитивной лингвистике: Cognitio и Communicatio в современном глобальном мире - МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова, Москва, Russian Federation Duration: 10 Oct 2018 → 12 Oct 2018 Conference number: 8 |
Keywords
- manipulation
- ILLOCUTION
- PERLOCUTION
- implications
- PRAGMATIC CATE- GORISATION