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  • Original research article
  • January 1, 2017
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STYLISTIC MEANS OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN THE ENGLISH PRESS

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Abstract

The article considers the functioning of lexical stylistic means in description of the English politicians in the English discourse. In the course of the study it is revealed that the author’s use of stylistic devices, among which the epithet and metaphor are the most frequent, aims to express positive, negative and neutral connotations in relation to a politician.

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Author information

Delya Vasil’evna Dordzhieva

Kalmyk State University named after B. B. Gorodovikov, Elista

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  • Published: January 1, 2017.

Keywords

  • стилистика
  • пресса
  • политика
  • метафора
  • эпитет
  • stylistics
  • press
  • politics
  • metaphor
  • epithet

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