Appeal as a Speech Act of Objectifying of Crimes Against the Foundations of Ukraine’s National Security
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article examines the appeal as a declarative speech act whose communicative purpose lies in the speaker’s intention to influence the addressee by conveying relevant information, with the aim of encouraging them to perform a specific action or a set of actions perceived as an essential component of socially significant activity. It has been determined that the appeal realises the intention of neutral inducement, given the equal status of addresser and addressee and the non-obligatory nature of the addressee’s compliance; it is characterised by intentionality, imperativity, emotional colouring, and publicity. The application of a comprehensive methodology that combines content analysis, lexico-semantic, pragmatic, stylistic and critical discourse analysis has made it possible to identify the lexico-semantic, pragmatic and stylistic features of public communicative acts that exhibit inducement to violate the territorial integrity of the state. Based on material selected from social networks, a classification of appeals by degree of explicitness (direct, indirect — veiled/manipulative) has been proposed, along with key linguistic criteria for their identification: the use of imperative constructions, emotionally charged vocabulary, rhetorical devices, stylistic figures, and references to historical justice, the right to self-determination, and moral grounds for certain actions. The results of the study have practical significance for linguistic expertise, information security monitoring, and the detection of destructive content in public discourse.
Source: Fìlologìčnì traktati
Authors: Olha Sydorenko, Olena Bondaremko, Kateryna Riabokon
Institution: Sumy State University
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4412640217