IMPOLITENESS IN POLITICAL DEBATES BY GEORGIAN POLITICAL LEADERS
Keywords:
politians, female leaders, debates, face attack, (im-)politnessAbstract
The main goal of this ongoing research is to identify the ways, both linguistic (verbal) and supralinguistic (non-verbal) utilised by Georgian female political leaders when building up their identities in the process of TV debates. For this, the research relies on two theoretical sources: a genrespecific approach to political debate shows and the role of impoliteness in the process of construing the identity of the leader.
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