This article aims to investigate narrative reports based on the use of reported speech frames from a pragmatic-cognitive perspective. As rhetorical means of image creation and (de)legitimisation, they are frequently employed to represent utterances that constitute integral elements of short narratives incorporated into American presidential speeches. This paper’s main objective is to propose an original taxonomy of sayers, namely speakers of words reported (Halliday 1981, 1985; Vandelanotte 2006) in political discourse and to investigate their potential for self- and other-presentation and (de)legitimisation of one’s stance, actions and decisions. The data used for illustrative purposes comprise extracts from Barack Obama’s speeches deliver...
The current study investigated the ways in which two major U.S. political arena social actors, Barac...
Language is produced intentionally by human beings for particular goals in communication. It functio...
This research analyzes language aspects as rhetorical devices in inaugural addresses of the presiden...
The research of the speech portrait of a politician’s personality in the framework of several lingui...
Whether a person is depicted as a hero or a villain, his discourse can be representative of his pers...
The present paper examines pronouns, modal auxiliaries, metaphors, and euphemisms in certain 9/11 an...
This is a qualitative study with descriptive data presentation. It is aimed at investigating the ten...
This is a qualitative study with descriptive data presentation. It is aimed at investigating the ten...
Political language is marked with the feature of persuasiveness and is starkly different from the o...
Purpose – The use of imagery in leadership speeches is becoming increasingly important in shaping th...
The American president, Barack Obama, is considered to be one of the most charismatic figures of the...
Since his 2004 keynote address at the Democratic Convention in Boston, Barack Obama has marked an ou...
The research design of this study is descriptive qualitative. The data sources of this research are ...
The study aims to describe the pragmalinguistics forms of promising utterances in Barack Obama speec...
Political discourse involves particular lexical choices, grammatical features, rhetorical devices, ...
The current study investigated the ways in which two major U.S. political arena social actors, Barac...
Language is produced intentionally by human beings for particular goals in communication. It functio...
This research analyzes language aspects as rhetorical devices in inaugural addresses of the presiden...
The research of the speech portrait of a politician’s personality in the framework of several lingui...
Whether a person is depicted as a hero or a villain, his discourse can be representative of his pers...
The present paper examines pronouns, modal auxiliaries, metaphors, and euphemisms in certain 9/11 an...
This is a qualitative study with descriptive data presentation. It is aimed at investigating the ten...
This is a qualitative study with descriptive data presentation. It is aimed at investigating the ten...
Political language is marked with the feature of persuasiveness and is starkly different from the o...
Purpose – The use of imagery in leadership speeches is becoming increasingly important in shaping th...
The American president, Barack Obama, is considered to be one of the most charismatic figures of the...
Since his 2004 keynote address at the Democratic Convention in Boston, Barack Obama has marked an ou...
The research design of this study is descriptive qualitative. The data sources of this research are ...
The study aims to describe the pragmalinguistics forms of promising utterances in Barack Obama speec...
Political discourse involves particular lexical choices, grammatical features, rhetorical devices, ...
The current study investigated the ways in which two major U.S. political arena social actors, Barac...
Language is produced intentionally by human beings for particular goals in communication. It functio...
This research analyzes language aspects as rhetorical devices in inaugural addresses of the presiden...