Political correctness in public speeches of politician and statesman Donald Trump

This work is devoted to the study of the category of political correctness, its social and political origin. This issue is of wide interest among domestic and foreign linguists, which determines the relevance of this research area. The object of this work is the category of political correctness, which is understood as a cultural, behavioral and linguistic tendency designed to find new lexical expressions in order to avoid creating conflict and offending the feelings of different social groups. The article analyzes the features of this category in the speeches of the American politician and statesman Donald Trump, published in the American press and personal page of the social network Twitter. To study this phenomenon, the following methods were used: descriptive method, continuous sampling method, classification method, discourse analysis method, method of statistical and typological processing of the data. As a result of the study, the following thematic groups of items were identified: social, gender, professional, political, national, ethical, physical. Each of the presented groups was studied from the viewpoint of the presence of politically correct and incorrect statements. The research material shows that the politician’s statements are overwhelmingly unacceptable within the framework of political discourse, but meet the requirements of the main function of political discourse - persuasiveness and seem to be a clear, convincing illustration of his position, which, of course, sets him apart from other US political and government figures. This study makes a certain contribution to the methodology for studying the phenomenon of political correctness. Thus, it is proposed to carry out an analysis based on identifying thematic groups of vocabulary and studying how they are presented from the position of expressing political correctness.

political discourse, political correctness, political leader, Donald Trump, USA political discourse, tolerance, speech tolerance, intolerance, politically correct language, evaluation