Abstract
The article involves the linguistic analysis of Boris Johnson’s speeches and allowed to establish lexical and syntactical expressive means. The analysis revealed the key ideas, values and political principles of the British Prime Minister, implemented through a number of stylistic figures and tropes. His statements represent clearly-build “friend or foe” conceptual relationship, he communicates the words of gratitude and appreciation to his associates and colleagues, however, he severely criticizes his political opponents. The means of creating expressive and emotional load used by Boris Johnson are focused on drawing potential listeners’ attention by using creatively different metaphors and comparisons, dynamic and pictorial reasoning, as well as shocking statements, given the fact that a number of politician’s speeches expose him as a person being behindhand in tolerance to the representatives of other ethnic groups, religions, political views and ideas.
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