Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on New Trends in Social Sciences
Year: 2024
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The Characteristics of Verbal Aggression in the Georgian Political Discourse
Kakha Tavdgiridze
ABSTRACT:
The process of understanding the world by an individual is executed through language: humans make connections in their own consciousness between categories with objects and events, and incarnate them by verbal means. Language is also manifestation of a person’s social and national identity; there are four major functions of language: (a) communicative function – language is a means communication for humans, and thus, one of the basic conditions for formation and existence of society; (b) expressive function – language expresses the inner world of mankind; (c) constructive function – language is a mean of forming and expressing thoughts; and (d) accumulative function – all achievements of national culture and civilizations created by mankind are embodied in the language. It can be said that language is what makes humans human. The verbal aggression expressed by politicians is a powerful manipulative tool in communication. To realize verbal aggression, politicians need to choose specific communicative strategy, such as verbal language (written or oral communication), non-verbal language (facial expression, voice tone, and body language), and visualization. The aim of this paper is to research the characteristics of speech aggression prevalent in the Georgian Political Discourse. As a modern phenomenon, verbal aggression is studied through psychological, sociological, linguistic, and other approaches. This article views verbal aggression as the verbal expression of negative feelings and attitudes in a form that is unacceptable in political discourse. Language, specifically speech, helps to express aggression verbally. We aimed to highlight the linguistic significance of some examples of speech aggression used in political communication. Furthermore, the object of our research is to study verbal aggression from the perspective of pragmatics. Special emphasis was made on studying aggressive features in the speech of the Georgian Politicians. The main task of the research is to find the connection between the aforementioned linguistic features and the effects they produce, as well as analyze their intensity levels in the context in which they are used.
keywords: Georgian Political Discourse, Linguistic Significance, Political Communication, Speech Characteristics, Verbal aggression