Abstract:
The aim of the study is to investigate pragmatic and rhetorical means in inaugural speeches in Ukrainian and English from a comparative perspective. In accordance with the aim of the work, the following tasks need to be solved: 1. To identify the pragmatic and linguistic features of political leaders' speeches. 2. To outline the specifics of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's inaugural speech. 3. To study the inaugural speech of Joseph R. Biden.
4. To conduct a comparative aspect of the pragmatic and rhetorical means used in the proposed inaugural speeches.