Email this article The Theme of Immigration and Non-Standard Variants of English in American Electoral Discourse
- Authors: Marusenko M.A.1, Marusenko N.M.1
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Affiliations:
- St. Petersburg State University
- Issue: No 6 (2024)
- Pages: 64-77
- Section: The Current Discourse
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2686-6730/article/view/261191
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686673024060056
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/ZBCQBH
- ID: 261191
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Abstract
The article analyzes the electoral discourse on immigration of the last three U.S. presidents (B. Obama, D. Trump, and J. Biden) using non-standard variants of American Standard English, such as African American Vernacular English (AAVE or Ebonix) and Chicano English (ChE). The analysis shows that all candidates have to take into account the social and speech practices of their constituencies. Democratic candidates (Obama and Biden) appeal to the linguistic identity of African-Americans and Hispanics, while Trump, whose core constituency is white Americans, demonstrates hatred towards immigrants through his linguistic behavior.
About the authors
M. A. Marusenko
St. Petersburg State University
Email: mamikhail@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0441-7845
Scopus Author ID: 38261631100
ResearcherId: H-8007-2013
Doctor of Sciences, (Philology) Professor St. Petersburg
N. M. Marusenko
St. Petersburg State University
Email: nmm.spb@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3347-1373
Scopus Author ID: 57212655940
ResearcherId: N-6015-2015
Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor St. Petersburg
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