The Political Rhetoric of King Charles III: a Stylistic and Functional Analysis
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political rhetoric, stylistic devices, tropes, political discourse, discourse analysis, public speaking, British monarchyAbstract
The aim of this article is to identify, classify, and interpret the stylistic devices and tropes used in the political speeches of King Charles III (2022-2025), and to analyze their functions in the context of contemporary monarchical discourse.
Five main types of stylistic devices have been identified: syntactic-structural (e.g., anaphora, inversion), emotional-expressive (e.g., rhetorical questions, allusions), ritualistic (e.g., archaisms, ceremonial formulas), humanistic (e.g., inclusivity, moral appeals), and performative (e.g., intonation, pausing).
It has been determined that stylistic techniques perform a representative function of the monarch, and they become a means of forming political culture, mobilizing social values, and adapting the monarchy to the new conditions of the global world.
The study reveals that Charles III’s speeches represent a model of strategically structured, stylistically refined, and functionally multifaceted discourse. The monarch’s language blends verbal tradition, institutional legitimacy, and contemporary communicative sensitivity.
The study results show that Charles III’s speeches are the element of the British monarchy’s “soft power”.
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