Detection of Political Evasion
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51699/cajlpc.v7i3.1603Keywords:
political evasion, political discourse, discourse analysis, political communication, linguistic markers, comparative discourse studiesAbstract
Political evasion represents one of the most significant yet understudied phenomena in contemporary political communication. As political discourse increasingly unfolds within digital and highly mediated environments, political actors employ various linguistic and discursive strategies to avoid direct responses while maintaining credibility and communicative control. This study investigates political evasion as a multidimensional communicative phenomenon through a comparative analysis of the political discourse of Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump. The research aims to identify the principal linguistic markers of political evasion and examine their realization across different political and cultural contexts.
The study adopts an interdisciplinary framework combining discourse analysis, pragmatics, corpus-based methods, and comparative analysis. The empirical corpus consists of official speeches, public statements, interviews, and press-conference materials delivered by the three political leaders. The analysis focuses on lexical, syntactic, pragmatic, and rhetorical indicators of evasion, including vagueness, ambiguity, topic shifting, reframing, strategic generalization, and indirect response patterns.
The findings demonstrate that political evasion functions as a strategic discursive resource that enables political actors to manage sensitive issues, maintain legitimacy, and influence public interpretation. While certain evasive mechanisms appear across all examined political contexts, their realization is shaped by cultural and political traditions. The study reveals a tendency toward consensus-oriented reframing in Uzbek political discourse, historical and geopolitical legitimation in Russian political discourse, and identity-based and confrontational strategies in American political communication. The article contributes to political discourse studies by proposing an integrated framework for the identification and analysis of political evasion in contemporary political communication.
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