Verbal behavior of the public and political figure (on the example of Jimmy Carter)

The article examines verbal behavior of Jimmy Carter, the 39-th President of the United States of America. The specificity of the socio-political language is traced (by the example of the speech, named “Carter’s Doctrine”). The specifics of the construction of the speech of a public and political figure of the USA are revealed. It is concluded that verbal behavior largely determines the success of verbal communication.

verbal behavior, linguistic means, language personality, verbal communication, socio-political speech.