Political discourse and transalation

Political speech, as a subset of late Modern English, is an interesting entity. Many of its linguistic features attempt to mimic those of conversational, scholarly or formal English, but the defining differences ultimately stem from the fact that it is all carefully crafted to persuade or even manipulate its intended audience.

Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………….2
CHAPTER 1
Theory of Political Discourse ……………………………………………………………4
1.1. The Nature of Political Discourse ………………………………………………………….4
1.2. Language of Politics and Critical Discourse Analysis…………………………………...11
CHAPTER 2
Political Discourse and Translation …………………………………………...…........14
2.1. Translation of the Language of Politics ………………………………………………… 14
2.2. Political Discourse Translation ………………………………………………………….15
CHAPTER 3
Political Discourse analysis of British and American politicians’ speeches and their translation into Armenian ………………………………………………..19
3.1. Comparative analysis of English and American pre-election speeches and their translation into Armenian …….………………………………………………………………19
3.2. The Use of Syntactical Stylistic Devices in Creating Expressiveness in British and American Politicians’ Speeches and Their Translation into Armenian ………………..…31
3.3.God and biblical themes in the speeches of American Presidents …………………..…43
Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………...................51
Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………………54