Talking With the President - The Pragmatics of Presidential Language

Zusatztext The book is very rich in detailed analyses of various aspects of language use...Wilson emphasizes that the aim of the book is to "provide insights into particular examples of presidential language from a pragmatic perspective," and not to present a coherent theory of presidential language nor to resolve theoretical disputes within pragmatics. This is also what makes the book exciting, informative, and valuable not least for the readers planning their own studies on the language of politics. Informationen zum Autor John Wilson is Professor of Communciation at the University of Ulster. Klappentext This book provides a Pragmatic analysis of presidential language! focusing on the language of six Presidents: John F. Kennedy! Richard M. Nixon! Ronald W. Reagan! William F. Clinton! George W. Bush! and Barack H. Obama. Zusammenfassung This book provides a Pragmatic analysis of presidential language, focusing on the language of six Presidents: John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald W. Reagan, William F. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack H. Obama. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Hail to the Chief: Pragmatics and the President; 2. Talking Pragmatics with the Best and the Brightest: John F Kennedy; 3. Lies! Truth! and Somewhere in between: Richard M. Nixon; 4. The Narrative Presidency: Ronald Regan and Stories From The White House; 5. It's Language Jim! But Not As we know it: William J Clinton; 6. Bring em on! The Empire Strikes Back: George W Bush; 7. There and Back Again With Barack H Obama; Afterword; References

Product details

• Authors: John Wilson, Reverend Dr John Wilson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.07.2015
• EAN: 9780199858804
• ISBN: 978-0-19-985880-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, English, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Political leaders and leadership, Semantics & pragmatics