Talking with the President by John Wilson
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.
Overall, the monograph offers an innovative approach to understanding the complex relation between language and politicsIt provides a wonderful toolkit for pragmatic analysis, while dealing with both the general and the specific aspects of presidential language. * Yansheng Mao (Harbin Engineering University), Discourse and Communication (Sage) *
this is a volume of academic research that bridges a crevice in the sphere of pragmatics, which keeps us abreast of new, emergent ideas for probing into the presidential language with outstanding social impact. * Yi Sun and Mengjiao Zhang, Journal of Language and Politics *
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. * Mats Ekström, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly *
this is a volume of academic research that bridges a crevice in the sphere of pragmatics, which keeps us abreast of new, emergent ideas for probing into the presidential language with outstanding social impact. * Yi Sun and Mengjiao Zhang, Journal of Language and Politics *
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. * Mats Ekström, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly *
John Wilson is Professor of Communciation at the University of Ulster.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199858798 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199858799 |
| Title | Talking with the President |
| Author | John Wilson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2015-04-16 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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