Strengthening Unity: allusion as a discursive practice in President Zelenskyy’s war rhetoric
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus/article/view/36852/38780" target="_blank" >https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/respectus-philologicus/article/view/36852/38780</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/respectus.2025.47.1" target="_blank" >10.15388/respectus.2025.47.1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Strengthening Unity: allusion as a discursive practice in President Zelenskyy’s war rhetoric
Original language description
Abstract. This research examines the use of allusion as a powerful linguistic tool employed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his international war discourse. Faced with the urgent need to secure assistance and support from the world community throughout the first year of Russia’s large-scale invasion, Zelenskyy strategically references well-known cultural facts to create a specific mental image of Ukrainians as a nation that upholds humanistic values such as tolerance, equality, and justice. The study analyzes five types of audiences targeted by the Ukrainian President in his appeals: national parliaments, collective political bodies, business forums, educational institutions, and cultural assemblies. The findings demonstrate that allusion in his discourse is a key discursive practice tailored to each audience’s specificity. In every instance, the identified allusions reveal their emotional, evaluative, and associative connotations. In President Zelenskyy’s speeches, allusions also function as tactical instruments that yield effective results in his communication with international audiences. The paper concludes that the use of allusion makes the President’s speeches emphatic and his audiences more receptive, showcasing a high pragmatic capacity to craft desired images within foreign linguistic and cultural contexts.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Respectus Philologicus
ISSN
1392-8295
e-ISSN
2335-2388
Volume of the periodical
47
Issue of the periodical within the volume
52
Country of publishing house
LT - LITHUANIA
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
9-21
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105003546591