Essays about: "speech discourse analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 87 essays containing the words speech discourse analysis.

1. 1. Sweden's relationship to NATO - How the government legitimizes its foreign security policy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Victoria Karlsson; [2024]
   Keywords : NATO; securitization; legitimization; non-alignment; NATO-membership; speech acts.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to study how different political orientations in Swedish foreign security policy have been legitimized. After having pursued a policy of neutrality and non-alignment for 200 years, Sweden made a decision to apply for membership in the military alliance NATO. READ MORE

3. 2. PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE: REFUSAL SPEECH ACT BY IRANIAN STUDENTS IN SWEDEN

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Kazhal Shatery; [2023-04-19]
   Keywords : English; culture; speech act of refusal; pragmatic; pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics; politeness theory; refusal strategies;

   Abstract : Understanding cross-cultural differences plays a crucial role in communication and successful cross-cultural communications depends on various factors such as pragmalinguistics and sociopragmatics. Many researchers focus more on the aspect of pragmatics such as speech acts. The present study is a contrastive study of refusal speech act. READ MORE

4. 3. Circumventing censorship : a multimodal critical discourse analysis of the Bulgarian satirical newspaper Pras Press

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Elena Hristova; [2023]
   Keywords : political satire; political cartoons; censorship; Bulgaria; public sphere; multimodal critical discourse analysis; Pras Press; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the role of political satire in the Bulgarian public sphere through the case of the satirical newspaper Pras Press. The bi-weekly publication is centered around political cartooning and reports on public affairs issues from pop culture to current events. READ MORE

5. 4. Promises, promises Mr. President : A study of commissive speech act usage in 21st century American presidential inaugural addresses.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Erik Marklund; [2023]
   Keywords : President of the United States of America; Inauguration speech; Speech act theory; Commissive speech act; Promises; Pragmatics; Political discourse analysis.;

   Abstract : Abstract The American president’s serving period always begin with an iconic inaugural address. It is a function wherein the president can unify the audience, ratify the ceremony, and present his political and administrative direction for his term. READ MORE

6. 5. Constitutional Crisis And Securitisation : A Political Discourse Analysis of Sweden’s Courtyard Crisis, 6-18 February 1914

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Micaela Edhager; [2023]
   Keywords : Courtyard Crisis; Constitutional Crisis; Courtyard Speech; Government Crisis; Gustaf V; Karl Staaff; Parliamentarism; Political Discourse Analysis;   Securitisation; Securitisation Theory; Sweden; Borggårdskrisen; Borggårdstalet; Gustaf V; Karl Staaff; Konstitutionskris; Regeringskris;

   Abstract : In February 1914, Sweden faced a time of constitutional crisis, dubbed the Courtyard Crisis, when King Gustaf V publicly distanced himself from Prime Minister Karl Staaff and the Liberal Government over differences of opinion regarding the Swedish defence. Behind this, however, was also a dispute between two different political systems. READ MORE