Manipulation of Meaning in Political Discourse

الملخص

This study aims at investigating the devices used in generating manipulation of meaning in political discourse. The study will investigate the devices used by politicians to manipulate the truth and achieve political aims. First, it will shed light on the theoretical ground on which this phenomenon is based. Then, it will investigate the linguistic  devices used to create this manipulation. The study will be limited to the lexical- semantic devices used in this type of discourse. Also, it will pay more attention to the term "democracy" in its investigation since it is the most used in political communities, yet the most questionable one in its use among politicians.