AMERICAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE: OUTSIDER PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES

Abstract

American political discourse understood as political speeches delivered by American presidents reaches not only American citizens but the international community, i.e. numerous audiences from various cultures due to media coverage. The paper attempts to reveal the attitudes towards American values by studying the perceptions of American political discourse and the ability to recognize the persuasive and legitimation strategies. Drawing on the contemporary theoretical assumptions of political discourse, a small-scale survey was conducted among university students. The results of the survey will be used as a point of departure for the development of new specialized languages courses.

Keywords

• political discourse
• political speeches
• perceptions
• attitudes