The study aims to explore how language elements of specialised and political communication
are represented in parliamentary discourse. Within the ParlaMint corpus, we examine
Hungarian parliamentary speeches between 2020 and 2022 on the ‘KATA’ (specific tax
of small taxpayer businesses). The specialised terms, terms used in standard language,
sentiment and attitude values are analysed. Results show that there is a significant
difference in term use and the sentence sentiments between the different discourse
participants (policy actors, opposition, governing party). There are only a few emotionless
speeches, and no large differences in the proportion of terms and emotions are observed.
The results can be relevant for studies on populist communication, the relationship
between technocracy and democracy, and the methodological aspects of computer-assisted
discourse analysis. The paper also outlines future orientations for research, including
extended thematic analysis and investigation of contextual shifts in the actual meaning
of terms within political discourse.
