Speech representations of unity in the public discourse of the Chilean president Gabriel Boric Font
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2026-1-112-125
Abstract
Aim. The aim of this study is to describe, from a linguopragmatic perspective, the linguistic means used to convey the idea of national and international unity in the official public speeches of Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font delivered between March 11, 2022, and August 6, 2025.
Methodology. The methodological framework of the research is based on an interdisciplinary approach combining principles of text linguistics, discourse analysis, and political linguistics. The study, which focuses on identifying linguistic means of speech influence employed to construct collective identity (including ideologemes, metaphorical models, and communicative strategies and tactics), was conducted on a corpus of the Chilean president’s public speeches. The research employed systematization, descriptive analysis, and contextual analysis.
Results. The research enabled us to describe and systematize the lexical and semantic means of speech influence in the president’s public speeches used to convey the idea of unity. Among these means, we highlight ideologemes and metaphors of integrative semantics, as well as communicative strategies and tactics. It was concluded that their use is aimed at constructing both national and supranational identity.
Research implications.The theoretical significance of the research lies in the fact that it provides, for the first time in Russian Romance studies, an analysis of the key features of the discourse of Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font. The results obtained are relevant for further research on Latin American political discourse and for identifying its patterns from the perspectives of linguacultural studies, sociolinguistics, and linguopragmatics. The practical significance of the study lies in the potential application of its findings in the training of future specialists in Linguistics, Pedagogy, Public Affairs, and Foreign Affairs.
About the Author
I. V. Zaalishvili
HSE University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina V. Zaalishvili – Cand. Sci. (Philology), Assoc. Prof., School of Foreign Languages
Moscow
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