The aim of the pragmalinguistic master´s diploma thesis is to
analyse and interpret impolite utterances used within the
speeches in the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic. For
the purpose of this thesis, impoliteness is defined as a direct
or indirect face-attack that can have different sub categories.
In order to understand communication situations, the
characteristics of political discourse are defined. Specifics
of speeches in the environment of the Chamber of Deputies are
also described. The source material for the analysis was
collected from records of meetings published on the website of
the Chamber of Deputies.