title: Power in words: An Analysis of the Flaming Devices in President Vladimir Putin's Speech Before the February, 2022 Attack on Ukraine
abstract: The importance language plays in interpersonal and in intergroup relations can never be over-emphasised. Language can be used to make things happen, and also to prevent things from happening. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that how language is used determines the outcomes of its usage in intergroup and interpersonal relations. Hinging on the affordance language has, this study examines flaming devices in ten excerpts purposively chosen from the speech of President Vladimir Putin, the Pr
journal: NIU journal of humanities.