Nations are based on myths, and in the United States, it is the president who is the “storyteller-in-chief” of those sacred stories whose function is to give sense to the existence of the national community. This dissertation offers to examine to what extent the end of the Cold War, which represents a breaking point in the mental representation of the nation, has produced a new discourse in national mythology in presidential speeches. Our research will focus more specifically on the notion that metaphors inform us on the shared beliefs of a given society as cognitive linguistics and critical discourse analysis have largely demonstrated. In our first part, we will concentrate on the myths of virtue and good, and more particularly on the use ...
ABSTRACT: With the theoretical framework provided by Halliday’s (1985) study on how meaning is expre...
The use of language is always manipulated to convey a goal of the speaker in order to have an effect...
As the “story-teller-in-chief” of the nation, the American president plays a key role in defining na...
Une nation est toujours fondée sur des mythes. Aux États-Unis, le président est le « conteur-en-chef...
This study analyzes the use of myth in the nomination acceptance, inaugural, and state of the union ...
This dissertation concerns the US presidential use of heroic framing in connection with foreign poli...
Like a distorted mirror, mass culture products generally give back an exaggerated reflection of the ...
L’objectif de cette thèse est d’étudier comment, dans un contexte de crises économiques et sociales,...
On Inaugural Day, President George W. Bush faced an unusually hostile audience. To reunite the natio...
The figure of the president occupies a special place in the United States. As the most visible embod...
The concept of myth has been central to the interpretation of President Ronald Reagan. This is a com...
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Verwendung und Instrumentalisierung von religiösen M...
This chapter is part of a wider research project investigating the interplay of metaphor and appeals...
Le but principal de cette thèse est d’analyser les westerns et films partisans de notre corpus comme...
This study is concerned with American presidential rhetoric at the cross-section of hero rhetoric an...
ABSTRACT: With the theoretical framework provided by Halliday’s (1985) study on how meaning is expre...
The use of language is always manipulated to convey a goal of the speaker in order to have an effect...
As the “story-teller-in-chief” of the nation, the American president plays a key role in defining na...
Une nation est toujours fondée sur des mythes. Aux États-Unis, le président est le « conteur-en-chef...
This study analyzes the use of myth in the nomination acceptance, inaugural, and state of the union ...
This dissertation concerns the US presidential use of heroic framing in connection with foreign poli...
Like a distorted mirror, mass culture products generally give back an exaggerated reflection of the ...
L’objectif de cette thèse est d’étudier comment, dans un contexte de crises économiques et sociales,...
On Inaugural Day, President George W. Bush faced an unusually hostile audience. To reunite the natio...
The figure of the president occupies a special place in the United States. As the most visible embod...
The concept of myth has been central to the interpretation of President Ronald Reagan. This is a com...
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Verwendung und Instrumentalisierung von religiösen M...
This chapter is part of a wider research project investigating the interplay of metaphor and appeals...
Le but principal de cette thèse est d’analyser les westerns et films partisans de notre corpus comme...
This study is concerned with American presidential rhetoric at the cross-section of hero rhetoric an...
ABSTRACT: With the theoretical framework provided by Halliday’s (1985) study on how meaning is expre...
The use of language is always manipulated to convey a goal of the speaker in order to have an effect...
As the “story-teller-in-chief” of the nation, the American president plays a key role in defining na...