Image-Schematic Structuring of Reality in Political Speeches on the Covid-19 Outbreak

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ID22186258
AuthorsLjerka Jeftić (0000-0002-8462-2282, University of East Sarajevo, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume4
Issue3
Publication date2020-11-08
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Literature Language and Linguistics Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2559-7914 • E-ISSN: 2559-7914
PublisherOpen Access Publishing Group (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.46827/ejlll.v4i3.223
OpenAlexW3118773335
LanguageEN
References cited12

The paper is concerned with analysis of Donald Trump and Angela Merkel’s speeches to their respective nations on the occasion of the COVID-19 outbreak. Within the integrated cognitive-critical approach to discourse analysis framework the paper focuses on the interplay between the cognitive mechanisms and discursive structures that make up meanings in a genre of political discourse. Assuming that specific actions and measures are to be communicated so as to deal with the threat presented by the coronavirus, analysis of the cognitive dimension of language use focuses on the underlying force (linguistically articulated by way of modal verbs) and containment image schemas considered as indicative of the ways the speakers conceive of the power vested in them. The political dimension analysis focuses on pronominal forms as discourse structures establishing relationships with addressees. The results point to D. Trump’s self-representation of the protector of nation unlike A. Merkel’s encouragement of solidarity empowered by knowledge-based joint actions and behaviour. Article visualizations

Aesthetics · Cognition · Epistemology · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication · Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia

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