The article is based on a premise that politiciansć linguistic behaviour in public performance situations is greatly influenced by the presence of the media and the public. However, the analysis of the illocutionary structure of political speech at the sessions of the Slovene parliament and its bodies shows that politiciansć linguistic strategies are influenced more by the content of the debates than by the presence of the media. When engaged in heated or controversial debates, the politicians maintained their opposing standpoints, but there could be observed differences in the levels and methods they used to denounce their opponents as well as the levels of their constructive input.
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