Comparative Study of Phraseological Units in the Political Speeches of Kamala Harris and Claudia Sheinbaum on Reproductive Rights in 2024Polovič, Tara (Avtor) Santiago Alonso, Gemma Maria (Mentor) Vrbinc, Marjeta (Mentor) reproductive rightspolitical discoursephraseological unitscritical discourse analysisphraseologyKamala HarrisClaudia SheinbaumMexicoUnited Statescomparative analysisThis thesis examines the use and discursive functions of phraseological units (PUs) in selected English- and Spanish-language political discourse produced by Kamala Harris and Claudia Sheinbaum in 2024. The focus is on discourse concerning reproductive rights, women’s health, gender equality, care, violence against women, and women’s social and political position. The main aim is to identify how fixed, semi-fixed, and recurring expressions are used to construct political messages in two different linguistic and cultural contexts. The theoretical part discusses phraseology and the main types and characteristics of PUs, as well as their role in political discourse. Phraseological analysis is used to identify and classify the selected expressions, while Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) provides a framework for examining their rhetorical and ideological functions within the political and cultural contexts of the United States and Mexico. The analysis is based on ten selected discourse items: four speeches by Kamala Harris and six discourse items by Claudia Sheinbaum. The final corpus contains 78 coded occurrences, with 43 in Harris’s discourse and 35 in Sheinbaum’s. These figures are used descriptively, since the two parts of the corpus differ in length, genre, and communicative setting. The findings show that both politicians use PUs to simplify political arguments, create emotional and ideological associations, construct collective identities, assign political responsibility, and make political messages more memorable and repeatable. Harris’s phraseology is predominantly organised around reproductive freedom, threat, political resistance, voting, and mobilisation, whereas Sheinbaum’s discourse places greater emphasis on equality, collective female identity, institutional recognition, and social transformation. The comparison therefore shows that similar phraseological mechanisms can be used to organise different political narratives and ideological positions.20262026-09-23 07:16:40Magistrsko delo/naloga188421VisID: 632337sl