A Critical Search for Values in George W. Bush's State of the Union Addresses

Agnieszka Sowinska

ISBN 10: 3631664834 / ISBN 13: 9783631664834

Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Aug 2015, 2015

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Neuware -This book focuses on values and valuation in the State of the Union addresses delivered by the former U.S. President George W. Bush. What values are invoked in the speeches How are these values constructed How can they be classified How are particular construals of values conducive to the actions the speaker wants to legitimize Drawing on Critical Discourse Studies, the book examines pragmalinguistic tools applied in political legitimization, such as proximization, metaphor or assertion. The analysis reveals three ideological values used in the context of foreign policy making: security, terrorism and freedom. 270 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: A Critical Search for Values in George W. Bush's State of the Union Addresses
• Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Aug 2015
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3631664834
• ISBN 13: 9783631664834
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 216 L x 153 A x 20 P (millimetri) 216 millimetri di larghezza per 153 millimetri di altezza per 20 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 465 grammi

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Riassunto

This book focuses on values and valuation in the State of the Union addresses delivered by the former U.S. President George W. Bush. What values are invoked in the speeches? How are these values constructed? How can they be classified? How are particular construals of values conducive to the actions the speaker wants to legitimize? Drawing on Critical Discourse Studies, the book examines pragmalinguistic tools applied in political legitimization, such as proximization, metaphor or assertion. The analysis reveals three ideological values used in the context of foreign policy making: security, terrorism and freedom.

Informazioni sull?autore

Agnieszka Sowinska is Assistant Professor at the English Department of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. Her research interests include Critical Discourse Studies and the language of evaluation, linguistic pragmatics, and communication in primary care.