Expression of linguistic means of contact in Russian and Chinese public speeches

Kong Haiping

This article describes the linguistic means of contact in Russian and Chinese public speeches and their roles in speeches. The study is based on the the speech of the President of Russia at the military parade and the speech of the President of China at the global summit on health issues. The author briefly describes the current state of rhetoric research in Russia and China, compares the differences and connections between rhetoric, eloquence and stylistics in terms of definitions, research objects, names in Chinese, etc. In this article, the author mainly analyzes the expression of linguistic means of contact in Russian and Chinese public speeches, and also discusses the roles of these means in speeches.

Keywords:rhetoric, stylistics, linguistic means of contact, public speeches