Constructing solidarity in discourse: A pragma-linguistic analysis of selected speeches by president Zelensky addressed to international community

• Authors: Wilk Przemysław , Molek-Kozakowska Katarzyna

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EN

Constructing solidarity in discourse: A pragma-linguistic analysis of selected speeches by president Zelensky addressed to international community

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the findings of a pilot study of President Wolodymir Zelensky’s solidarity discourse. They illustrate the use of salient linguistic means and discursive strategies of solidarity building in the light of the Russian military attack on Ukraine in 2022. Based on discourse analysis and corpus linguistics, the study focuses on the linguistic patterns of constituting inclusivity through personal deixis. This is complemented by the mapping of an overarching discursive strategy of the construction of togetherness, namely proximization. Conducted from the perspective of the solidarity leader, the research identifies the above strategies as crucial to shaping political support by developing a community of shared values and experiences.

Keywords

EN

solidarity discourse; solidarity building; Zelensky; pragma-linguistics; deixis

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego
• Journal: Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 151-162

Dates

published

2024-12-22

Contributors

author

Wilk Przemysław

• University of Opole

author

Molek-Kozakowska Katarzyna

• University of Opole

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ISSN

2081-1128