Quantification of pronouns in the genre of campaign speech

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe quantification in agitation speech and the principles of applying quantifier pronouns, as well as pronouns that have undergone quantification, for specific genre problems in the context. The article focuses on functional syncretism of pronouns, which results in a specific type of quantified pronouns that are widely used in campaign speeches. To correctly describe the methods of using quantifier and quantified pronouns, the study uses a comprehensive contextual, functional, and statistical analysis. In addition, the epistemological category “possible world” is considered in the methodological aspect as having a high value for the procedure of describing quantified and quantified pronouns in the genre of agitation speech. The material for the study was fragments of campaign speeches of famous politicians, which were written in different periods and on different occasions. The article puts forward and defends the position that a speaker who expresses himself with pronouns sets different types of reflection of the world in the context of speech in terms of quality and degree of concreteness. In this regard, it is suggested that quantifiable and quantified pronouns allow the speaker to generalize the idea of the subject of speech, and thus achieve its abstraction, which, in turn, allows to symbolize the idea of the world. The symbolic world is often discussed in campaign speeches as a state of Affairs that the speaker calls for. The author concludes that the use of quantized and quantified pronouns with generalized semantics to describe the perspective is a common and effective technique in campaign speeches. The material of the article can be used in classes on rhetoric, functional grammar, and in research practice.