Seda K. Gasparyan (Doctor of Sciences in Philology)
Nare A. Shalunts, PhD
Language is known to be a unique means of enabling humans to transmit thoughts. No doubt, it can be a source of inspiration and motivation, sharing knowledge, but on the other hand, it can also be a way of spreading injustice and falsification. Communication, being the fundamental function of language, presupposes interaction between the addresser and the addressee based on processes of encoding and decoding thoughts.Political interviews as a specific variety of political discourse display the implementation of linguistic manipulation, and this is well evidenced by the interviews of the Azerbaijani President given to the international media, namely the BBC, France 24, CNN, Al Jazeera, and ARD TV Channel. Obvious is the fact that in all these interviews, the Azerbaijani President intentionally uses a wide range of manipulative tactics by distorting facts.
