Essays about: "first person pronouns"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words first person pronouns.

1. 1. An analysis of political discourse : First-person personal pronoun ‘I’ in Joe Biden’s speeches

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Dominika Stasz; [2023]
   Keywords : Represented ‘I’; Situated ‘I’; first-person pronoun; presidential speeches;

   Abstract : This study investigates the use of the first-person personal pronoun ‘I’ in political discourse and, more specifically, the functions of Represented ‘I’ and Situated ‘I’, including subcategories, present in Joe Biden’s speeches. A corpus was compiled, consisting of 12 speeches that brought up the topic of the war in Ukraine. READ MORE

3. 2. The Art of the Political Metaphor : Examining Boris Johnson's use of conceptual metaphors in a speech on Brexit

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Rickard Eriksson; [2022]
   Keywords : Metaphor; Brexit; Boris Johnson; Conceptual metaphor theory; Framing;

   Abstract : As the 2016 Brexit referendum was an election largely decided by the use of language, there was merit in examining how the Leave campaign had managed to be successful. Therefore, this study asks how one of the leave campaign's main figure heads, Boris Johnson, used metaphors to frame the relationship between Britain and the EU. READ MORE

4. 3. L2 Japanese: Swedish students’ usage of first-person pronouns

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Lisa Bendall; [2021-02-03]
   Keywords : japanska; Japanese; L2 learning; first-person pronoun; questionnaire;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to look at L2 (learning as a second language) students’ usage of first-person singular pronouns, and to discern in what situations (if any) they are changed. The Japanese language has a great variety of first-person pronouns, one of the few languages to possess this feature. READ MORE

5. 4. “We survive or we sink together” : A Discursive Study of Argumentation by Small Island Developing States Leaders in a Climate Change Context

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hanna Berg; [2021]
   Keywords : Personal pronouns; Climate Change; Small Island Developing States; Pacific Islands; Climate Change Discourse; Conference of the Parties; United Nations;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the discursive use of first person plural pronoun we through a discourse analysis of the variety of arguments by leaders of Pacific Island States in political debates, specifically within a climate change context. The research question is “How do political leaders of Pacific Island states make discursive use of the first person plural pronoun we in political debates in a climate change context?” By using a textual discourse analysis to study statements made by Pacific Island leaders at the UN Conference of the Parties, the investigation finds a wide variety of argumentation styles and pronominal choices. READ MORE

6. 5. Personal Deixis in the 2020 United States Presidential Election : An Analysis of Joe Biden’s and Donald Trump’s Political Speeches

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Monika Wisniewska; [2020]
   Keywords : personal pronouns; deixis; political discourse; presidential election; speeches;

   Abstract : The present study aims to explore how deictic personal pronouns are used in political speeches by the two American presidential candidates, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, during the 2020 United States presidential election. Donald Trump’s usage of the personal pronouns I, you, he/she, we and they is analysed and compared to Joe Biden’s usage of the same personal pronouns. READ MORE