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

by Agnieszka Sowinska

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631664834
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	08/24/2015
Series:	Philologica Wratislaviensia: From Grammar to Discourse Series , #6
Pages:	269
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

Contents: Value and evaluation in Critical Discourse Studies - Ideology - Linguistic tools for the articulation of evaluation in political discourse - Legitimization - Proximization - Polish axiological linguistics - President George W. Bush's State of the Union addresses - Freedom - Security - Terrorism - War on terror.

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