Political Discourse in the end of the xx - Beginning of the XXI Century: Humor Pragmatics as a Step to Understanding and Change of Perception Stereotypes (by the Example of Speeches of V.V. Putin and A.I. Lebed - Political Leaders of Federal and Respublican Level)
One of the most important tools of modern political life of a state is a living word - bright, expressive speech, based on a metaphor. It takes a great interest to study metaphorical expressions of two political leaders of one and the same historical period: the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the Head of the Government of republic of Khakasia Aleksey Lebed (1996-2008). Both of them are bright charismatic individualities able to use metaphor in their political speeches