Abstract:
The main aim of theDiploma Paperis to apply a systemic analysis to the notion of speech manipulation and to its strategies and tactics in terms of pragmatic linguistics in general and discourse analysis in particular. The aim mentioned above envisagesthe fulfillment of the following tasksof research:•to analyze the works of scholars on the topic chosen;•to update the definition of discourse and analyze approaches towards it;•to summarize different points ofview concerning the notion of manipulation;•to characterize theconditions and reasons of manipulation;•todefine strategies and tactics of speech manipulation;•to investigate means of linguistic expression of speech manipulation in the conversational discourse. The following methods were used in order to fulfill the main tasks:•analysis of the theoretical background;•discourse analysis;•contextual analysis;•systematizationand correlation of the information investigated;•generalization of the conclusions drawn
