THE LINGUISTIC AND PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE SPEECH BEHAVIOR OF V. PUTIN AND D. TRUMP

Abstract

The article presents a comparative analysis of the speech behavior of V. Putin (in the Russian language) and D. Trump (in the English language) at a press conference that followed the talks in Anchorage on August 16, 2025. The article reflects the scientific concepts and fields of study necessary for conducting research, proposed by both domestic and foreign scientists. The research is based on the authentic language material – audio recordings of the presidents’ speeches and printed text. Based on the presented authentic material, the analysis of the presidents’ speech is carried out, linguistic means and stylistic techniques are found that form the addressees’ communicative strategy. In the article, the speech of each speaker is presented with examples of modal modifiers, which make it possible to evaluate and compare the structure and content of speeches. The data obtained made it possible to understand the explicit and implicit intentions of the statements, as well as their pragmatic nature.