Keyword: «political discourse»

Modern political discourse is considered as a multifaceted, multiaspect phenomenon that has the functions of spreading political information, persuasion, propaganda, and influencing the political views of society. In his political speeches, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin uses persuasive tactics, vocabulary with positive semantics, as well as words with the meaning of progressive movement, improvement, restoration. Thus, the president's speech is convincing, inspires confidence, creates the effect of positive emotional rise, which is extremely important in conditions of instability in the country.

The article considers phraseological units as integral components of the language personality of an opposition politician. It was revealed that phraseological units are used by the opposition politician in appeals to the addressee, where they create an atmosphere of easy dialogue and reduce the distance between the author and the addressee. In addition, phraseological units act as a means of self-irony, conveying to the addressee information about the author as about an ordinary emotional person. Used for a negative assessment of political opponents, phraseological units allow a politician to create ironic, contemptuous, offensive characteristics of the actions and personalities of political opponents. It is concluded that phraseological units are important components of the linguistic personality of an opposition politician.