Language and mass media
Published 2017-11-27
Keywords
- political discourse,
- TV debates,
- communicative strategy,
- confrontativity
Abstract
In the article the communicative strategy of confrontation and the linguistic means of its realization in the recent TV debates in Germany, are analyzed. The article examines the general genre features of TV debates. The linguistic behavior of the participants corresponds to the socially accepted norms of conducting discussions and persuading the interlocutor, to the features of the “German national communicative style”.