Study of linking words in political speeches of Bill Clinton using Python

• Published in: International Scientific and Technical Conference "Computer Sciences and Information Technologies" (Online) pp. 77 - 82
• Main Authors: Karp, Marta, Kunanets, Nataliia, Burtnyk, Anna, Melnychuk, Oksana, Bekhta, Ivan, Shainer, Iryna
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 10.11.2022
• Subjects: applied linguistics; computer-based discourse analysis; Computers; linking words; political speech; Public speaking; Python programming language; Semantics; Shape; Speech processing; statistical text analysis; Syntactics; Uncertainty
• ISSN: 2766-3639
• DOI: 10.1109/CSIT56902.2022.10000437

The research deals with syntactic devices, namely linking words and their features in Bill Clinton's political speeches. Particular focus is placed on variations in the actual application of these features based on the unique aspects of the speaker's language. This subject is important for research because it reveals how a politician's words are utilized in a particular setting to develop power, influence, and control of the populace as well as how they are used to reveal a politician's objectives and ambitions. The analysis, systematization, categorization, and comparison of connecting terms based on Bill Clinton's speeches constitute the innovative aspect of this paper. The study's focus is on the structural-semantic models of Bill Clinton's English political speeches in terms of their dynamics. A Python programming language program was created for this research. This program searches for and analyzes syntactic sentence models with a change in the order of components, namely linking words. Materials have been discovered in William Jefferson Clinton's book Speeches of President Bill Clinton, which includes 37 of the politician's speeches. The primary research techniques are theoretical, which include analyzing and synthesizing scientific literature to provide the theoretical framework for the study; comparative analysis to compare the devices used in speeches; synthetic analysis to examine the collection of components that make up the system; structural-semantic analysis to analyze semantics based on connections and relationships between linguistic elements; and political science research. The theme, aim, and objectives of this work have been defined in the introduction, along with its relevance, object, and subject. Consideration is given to the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the analysis of contemporary political speeches. Therefore, in the present world, a high degree of speech culture is a need and essential component of every professional sector.