Pragmatic Aspect of using Presuppositions in American Political Discourse (Retracted 11/04/2022)
The article examines presuppositions as the means of forming and/ or modifying convictions, attitudes, values of the target audience. In American political discourse presuppositions have a marked propaganda focus.
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