PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC INFERENCE IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE: TRUMP AND ZELENSKYY
Journal: Karadeniz Uluslararası Bilimsel Dergi
Year: 2025

The paper applies pragmatic theory to investigate strategic inference in political discourse, using examples from speeches by Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. analysing how these leaders use pragmatic mechanisms to convey implicit meanings within distinct democratic contexts. The study applies a framework combining relevance theory, and Gricean pragmatics to explain how contextual factors guide inference in decoding these leaders' ambiguous statements, with particular attention to how insti