Lexico-semantic and lexico-thematic features of the speech portrait of a man-politician and women-politician

Du Shanshan

The image of politicians, constructed in the minds of the public by means of modern media, is incomplete without a speech portrait of a person as a significant element of his political representation. The speech portrait, in turn, is formed on the basis of lexical features, including the semantics and topics of texts addressed to the audience. In this article, the author analyzes the lexical-semantic and lexical-thematic features of the speech portrait of Western politicians, both men and women, in terms of their gender specificity. On the example of public speeches, addresses and debates, general and special features inherent in the semantics and themes of their speech are traced. In conclusion, the author makes an important conclusion about the degree of presence in public speech of "masculine" and "feminine" traits, their use depending on the ultimate goal and semantic content of the speech, the frequency of use and their ratio in male and female political communication, as well as on the main topic speeches of Western politicians.

Keywords:lexical-semantic features, lexical-thematic features, speech portrait, gender, woman-politician, man-politician, image, communicative personality image, political communication, masculine and feminine elements of speech.