Political speeches
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Nelly Tincheva
Abstract
This chapter offers a principled theoretical suggestion on the basis of which political speeches could be (re-)defined and the multiple simultaneous functions performed by a political speech could be analyzed. The chapter addresses issues concerning (a) the main types of functions a political speech can perform, (b) the cognitive explanation of the presence of these specific types of functions, and (c) the cognitive explanation of the simultaneous operation of these specific types of functions. The main line of argumentation supports a view in which at least three cognitive mechanisms need to be taken into account in order for us to be able to explain what a political speech is and how it functions. These cognitive mechanisms include conceptual metaphoric transfer, TW and DW construction and overlaps, and gestalt shifts in profiling. The theoretical model proposed derives from two questionnaire-based studies reported here. The model is subsequently verified against a dataset of 50 speeches by British and American politicians delivered within the span of the last 80 years.
Abstract
This chapter offers a principled theoretical suggestion on the basis of which political speeches could be (re-)defined and the multiple simultaneous functions performed by a political speech could be analyzed. The chapter addresses issues concerning (a) the main types of functions a political speech can perform, (b) the cognitive explanation of the presence of these specific types of functions, and (c) the cognitive explanation of the simultaneous operation of these specific types of functions. The main line of argumentation supports a view in which at least three cognitive mechanisms need to be taken into account in order for us to be able to explain what a political speech is and how it functions. These cognitive mechanisms include conceptual metaphoric transfer, TW and DW construction and overlaps, and gestalt shifts in profiling. The theoretical model proposed derives from two questionnaire-based studies reported here. The model is subsequently verified against a dataset of 50 speeches by British and American politicians delivered within the span of the last 80 years.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Part I. Resemblance and metaphor in human ecology
- Linguistic and metalinguistic resemblance 15
- Looking for metaphor in the natural world 43
- Metaphor meets narrative 63
- Political speeches 85
- On syntactic categories and metaphors 107
- Translation validity in metaphor theories 123
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Part II. Emotions in human ecology
- Kinaesthetic embodied schemas in emotion language 151
- What drives emotion and physiological arousal in adverts? 181
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Part III. Metonymy and cognitive modeling in human ecology
- Metonymy in multimodal discourse, or 209
- Metonymic patterns of count-to-mass and mass-to-count changes and their implications for metonymy research 251
- Lexical blending in terms of cognitive modeling 275
- Index 305
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. Resemblance and metaphor in human ecology
- Linguistic and metalinguistic resemblance 15
- Looking for metaphor in the natural world 43
- Metaphor meets narrative 63
- Political speeches 85
- On syntactic categories and metaphors 107
- Translation validity in metaphor theories 123
-
Part II. Emotions in human ecology
- Kinaesthetic embodied schemas in emotion language 151
- What drives emotion and physiological arousal in adverts? 181
-
Part III. Metonymy and cognitive modeling in human ecology
- Metonymy in multimodal discourse, or 209
- Metonymic patterns of count-to-mass and mass-to-count changes and their implications for metonymy research 251
- Lexical blending in terms of cognitive modeling 275
- Index 305
