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John Wilson provides a pragmatic analysis of presidential language. Pragmatics is concerned with linguistic 'meaning in context', or the relationship between 'what we say' and 'what we mean'. Hence, he explores the various ways in which US presidents have used language...

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Main Author: Wilson, John, 1954 December 12- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States.
Communication in politics > United States.
Presidents > United States > Language.
Pragmatics > Political aspects.
Discourse analysis > Political aspects.
Discours politique > États-Unis.
Communication politique > États-Unis.
Présidents > États-Unis > Langage.
Pragmatique > Aspect politique.
Communication in politics
Discourse analysis > Political aspects
Presidents > Language
Rhetoric > Political aspects
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:John Wilson provides a pragmatic analysis of presidential language. Pragmatics is concerned with linguistic 'meaning in context', or the relationship between 'what we say' and 'what we mean'. Hence, he explores the various ways in which US presidents have used language within specific social contexts to achieve specific objectives. This may include obfuscation, misdirection, the use of metaphor or ambiguity, or in some cases simply lying. He concentrates on six presidents: John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald W. Reagan, William J. Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack H. Obama.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190236618
0190236612
9780199858804
0199858802
9780199858798
0199858799