Etykietowanie wartościujące w polskim dyskursie politycznym (na przykładzie retoryki partii Prawo i Sprawiedliwość)
Evaluative Labelling in Polish Political Discourse (Taking the Rhetoric of the Law and Justice Party as an Example)

Summary/Abstract: Language is a tool which – apart from its informative function – also conveys emotions and values. Political discourse abounds in axiological declarations. In almost any message, politicians announce what values they hold, evaluate their opponents and the socio-economic situation, make judgements, present a certain hierarchy of values and try to convince their listeners to accept it. In the paper, the author analyses the statements of several politicians from the Law and Justice party. The statements contained clear and distinct messages due to the use of drastic vocabulary, which was to guarantee their resonance among the general public. The analysis of the politicians’ statements and of the linguistic means employed by them allows us to find out what the current political culture is and to discover the ruling party’s reasons for action, its argumentation methods as well as what traits of opposition politicians are reviled by it.

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