POLITICAL DISCOURSE AS A SUBJECT OF RESEARCH IN LINGUISTICS

Abstract

The article examines political discourse as an object of study in linguistics. In this regard, various definitions of political discourse and an analysis of its main functions are given, which leads to consideration of this concept from the perspective of a narrow and broad understanding. Within a narrow understanding of political discourse, it is assumed that speech activity is actualized exclusively by a politician in a political situation. When broadly understood, political discourse includes a wide range of subjects and objects associated with the political sphere. Within this interpretation, either a sender, an addressee, or a topic of communication is related to politics. In this case, we are talking not only about official political communication, but also about messages on political topics in the media, various Internet resources related to politics (blogs, websites, comments), these can also be scientific articles about politics, etc. This understanding of political discourse is associated with the processes of globalization and the increasing influence of various types of media on people. Attention is paid to the distinctive features of political discourse as a special type of communication, since the solution to political problems largely depends on how these problems are reflected in the language.