Since Xi Jinping was elected General Secretary at the First Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, he has delivered nearly 100 important speeches on different occasions at home and abroad, including a large number of instructions, reports, speeches, interviews and letters, gradually forming a distinctive speeches style of Xi Jinping, which can be abbreviated to “Xi-style”, full of great wisdom and linguistic charm, showcasing China’s cultural confidence and strength. Therefore, this article takes public speeches at home and abroad of General Secretary Xi Jinping as a corpus to explore the language features of “conciseness, plain and innovative” in speeches and the reasons behind their formation. The aim is to help readers understand more deeply about the linguistic art of General Secretary Xi Jinping in this new era and to savor his unique linguistic charm.
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Li, L. (2023). Study on the Linguistic Characteristics of Xi Jinping and Their Formation Reasons. Open Access Library Journal, 10, e564. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1110564.
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