Stylistic means of expressing emotionality in political discourse (on the material of B. Obama’s and G. Bush’s speeches)

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The article deals with the analysis of stylistic means of expressing emotionality in political discourse. Five speeches of US presidents B. Obama and G. Bush-junior were taken as the material of investigation. The results showed that in speeches of both ex-presidents most frequently used stylistic devices are alliteration, metaphor, epithet, antithesis and anaphora. Except these stylistic devices in B. Obama’s speeches allusions epiphora, hyperbola and oxymoron are used.

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Т. А. Палєй

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Т. А. Палєй (2017). Stylistic means of expressing emotionality in political discourse (on the material of B. Obama’s and G. Bush’s speeches). Науковий вісник Міжнародного гуманітарного університету. Серія «Філологія», 26(2), 63-65. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-460447