Features of the functioning of evaluative vocabulary in the English-language political discourse (based on the texts of the American media)

Abstract

This article is devoted to the consideration of the issues of the functioning of evaluative vocabulary in the political discourse of the United States. The relevance of the topic is due to the increasing interest of researchers in the peculiarities of the expression of evaluative values in various types of discourse. At the same time, the consideration of the functioning of evaluative vocabulary in political discourse is of undoubted interest in modern linguistics, since axiological interpretation has a noticeable impact on the life of modern society. The methodological basis of the study was the work of such Russian linguists as I.S. Alekseeva, A.A. Ufimtseva, T.A. Znamenskaya, N.D. Arutyunova, etc. The main attention in the article is paid to the ways of implementing negative estimated values. В The aim of the work is to study the ways of expressing evaluative values using stylistic means, since language is an effective weapon in the world of politics. The research material was the political texts of the American media, since the media actively form public opinion, influence the course of political discussions, referendums, determine the rating of political and public figures, political parties and public organizations. The goals and objectives of this study determined the use of the following research methods: the definition method, the method of text analysis, the method of structural analysis, the comparative method. The analysis of the factual material shows that the American political discourse includes various lexical and stylistic means that are used to exert ideological influence, to form the recipients of a particular attitude to certain realities of political life.