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Language Game in Confrontational Political Media Discourse: Morphological and Word-Formation Types
At the moment, television discussion, as one of the genres of political discourse, plays an important role in the mass media, shaping public opinion. At the same time, communicants use the possibilities of the language game, which allows them to
achieve their professional and political goals.
Linguistic means of morphological and word-formation levels are traditionally actively used in generating a language game, including in the framework of confrontational communication.
It has been established that, firstly, the most frequent communicative tactic is the tactics of denigrating. Secondly, the linguistic units used in the investigated discourse space have different levels of invectivity. Thirdly, most of the analyzed linguistic
forms violate the norms of morality and ethics, and therefore qualify as verbal aggression.
achieve their professional and political goals.
Linguistic means of morphological and word-formation levels are traditionally actively used in generating a language game, including in the framework of confrontational communication.
It has been established that, firstly, the most frequent communicative tactic is the tactics of denigrating. Secondly, the linguistic units used in the investigated discourse space have different levels of invectivity. Thirdly, most of the analyzed linguistic
forms violate the norms of morality and ethics, and therefore qualify as verbal aggression.
language game, confrontational strategies, political media discourse, smear tactics, speech aggression