Essays about: "Adelaide Foster"

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  1. 1. Personal Pronouns, Mirrors of Beliefs? : The Usage of Personal Pronouns in the Speech of a Religious Leader

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Adelaide Foster; [2016]
    Keywords : religious discourse; personal pronouns; Dalai Lama; power; intentionality;

    Abstract : This essay analyses the speech of the Dalai Lama and suggests possible effects that core aspects of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, such as the theory of selflessness, might have when a believer uses the personal pronouns I, you, he, she, we and they. Collected utterances of the Dalai Lama during the Charlie Rose Show has been used in order to conduct a threefold investigation, using pragmatic, discourse analytical and sociolinguistic backgrounds, aiming to understand these effects more thoroughly. READ MORE