The Evaluative Aspect of Diplomatic Speeches during the UN Security Council's Meetings in 2022

Гольцева, Марія Ігорівна (2023) The Evaluative Aspect of Diplomatic Speeches during the UN Security Council's Meetings in 2022 Studia Philologica (20). ISSN 2412-2491

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Abstract

The article discusses how the assessment aspect of diplomatic speeches given during the UN Security Council’s meetings in 2022 helps to distinguish their genuine viewpoint on the subject matter. The assessments depend on information, facts, cited sources, and specific individuals who were directly involved in the discussed events in the diplomatic speeches. The connection between valorative, voluntative and modelling aspects of diplomatic speech has been established. The assessment method includes: 1) positioning, 2) distance, 3) mythologization, 4) retrospection, which is mainly implemented through hyperbolization and ideologization. The linguistic implementation of these techniques is represented through the predominance of expressive verbalization, the involvement of stylistic means, comparison with one of the prominent figures of the past, the contrast opposition of "we-they" for more effective misleading. It is demonstrated by using a numerical analysis of the archival records of the UN Security Council, that the evaluative aspect is very important in the diplomatic discourse because it affects the way in which the current issue is being discussed, adoption of resolutions, and whether to take part in a specific conflict, etc. In the article, preferences are provided to the explicit assessments, in particular through the use of lexical and stylistic tools. Implicitness is also found in the evaluation of diplomatic speeches, but to a lesser extent compared to the explicitness of the assessment. At the verbal level, the assessment is voiced either in advance of the prepared speech or as part of an additional comment during the meeting; at a non-verbal level, it is conveyed through a subtext perceived by the listener during the speech or as a response to what was said during the meeting. The interaction of explicit and implicit forms of realization of valority testifies to the complex nature of diplomatic speech at the meetings of the UN Security Council. The relevance of the problem of identifying the evaluative aspect of diplomatic speeches is due to the global significance of the impact of evaluation on the course of diplomatic negotiations with further consequences at the international level

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	evaluation, evaluative aspect; diplomatic discourse; the UN Security Council; diplomatic speech
Subjects:	Це архівна тематика Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Статті у журналах > Фахові (входять до переліку фахових, затверджений МОН)
Divisions:	Це архівні підрозділи Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Факультет романо-германської філології > Кафедра германської філології
Depositing User:	Марія Ігорівна Гольцева
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2024 08:48
Last Modified:	05 Jan 2024 08:48
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/45865

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