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Metaphor in political speeches : an analysis of George W. Bush and Barack Obama’s discourse
dc.contributor | Silvestre López, Antonio José | |
dc.contributor.author | Moreno Alonso, Ana | |
dc.contributor.other | Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-26T10:51:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-26T10:51:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-06-17 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10234/163886 | |
dc.description | Treball Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos.Codi: EA0938. Curs: 2015/2016 | ca_CA |
dc.description.abstract | If metaphors can be seen as the perpetual chain that embraces words and meaning, a political speech combines the innate power of language as a means for a calculated purpose. A substantial amount of academic publications have emphasized the role of metaphors in conveying (sometimes hidden) ideological contents and yielding powerful persuasive effects. (Goatly, 2011; Mussolf, 2012; Lakoff, 2014). This paper attempts to demonstrate that metaphors are not mere combinations of lexicons but that the use of rhetoric can contribute to the influence of persuasion in political discourse (CharterisBlack, 2004, 2005). For this aim, the metaphors included in two sets of speeches emitted by George W. Bush and Barack Obama between 2006 and 2015 have been analyzed through MIP (Pragglejaz, 2007) in order to highlight the importance of the use of these devices in the use of rhetoric. This research will also emphasize the presence of a series of discursive functions that resulted crucial for the discussion, as this study focuses on the use of specific topics epitomized in both sets of speeches, differing only in the intended message and expected audience. Hence, the target for this investigation is to offer an outlook on the act of political speech, evaluating the communicative factors, linguistic choices or manipulation attempts and the influence of such in the nature of discourse, with a special focus on the relevance of metaphors. Words are too powerful to create a random set of combinations. In some cases, as in political discourse, words can be organized in selected sets for a specific meaning, as to convince, reflect empathy, announce conflict, fight terror, etc. As it will be presented in the results, the use of metaphorical expressions differ only in the intention of the speaker through the persuasive setting in which the influence of discursive functions create a new world for manipulation. | ca_CA |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | ca_CA |
dc.language.iso | eng | ca_CA |
dc.publisher | Universitat Jaume I | ca_CA |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Grau en Estudis Anglesos | ca_CA |
dc.subject | Grado en Estudios Ingleses | ca_CA |
dc.subject | Bachelor's Degree in English Studies | ca_CA |
dc.subject | Discursos políticos | ca_CA |
dc.subject | Metáfora | ca_CA |
dc.subject | Persuasión | ca_CA |
dc.subject.lcsh | Speeches, addresses, etc., American | ca_CA |
dc.subject.lcsh | Metaphor | ca_CA |
dc.subject.lcsh | Persuasion (Rhetoric) | ca_CA |
dc.title | Metaphor in political speeches : an analysis of George W. Bush and Barack Obama’s discourse | ca_CA |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis | ca_CA |
dc.educationLevel | Estudios de Grado | ca_CA |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | ca_CA |
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