Essays about: "personal deixis"

Found 2 essays containing the words personal deixis.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. Rhythm and Rhetoric: A Linguistic Analysis of Barack Obama's Inaugural Address

   University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

   Author : Liilia Batluk; [2011]
   Keywords : rhetoric; rhythm; lexical chain; parallelism; alliteration; foregrounding; political speech; personal deixis; context; semantics; Barack Obama;

   Abstract : In this essay I shall analyze Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address, January, 2009 from the perspective of various linguistic techniques. More specifically, I shall propose and focus on the idea that the composition of the speech has an aim to create a unity of the speaker and the audience in order to deliver the message. READ MORE