Discursive double-legitimation of (avoiding) another war in Obama’s 2013 address on Syria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6085167 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Seyyed‐abdolhamid Mirhosseini (0000-0001-8758-1175), Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 706-730 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language and Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-2159 • E-ISSN: 1569-9862 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jlp.16016.mir |
| OpenAlex | W2616059807 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 39 |
This article explores legitimacy-building in United States President’s 2013 Address to the Nation on Syria. Based on a slightly modified version ofTheo van Leeuwen’s (2008)model of the discursive construction of legitimation and with a view of the war in Syria as the super-macro context of the Address, the investigation illustrates how the speech attempts to legitimate the prospect of a direct American military engagement in Syria on the one hand, and to justify avoiding another war that may prove too costly, on the other. Through the illustration of suchdouble-legitimationdiscursive practices, the study portrays how critical discourse studies can provide the ground for awareness of a delicate aspect of the discourse of politics and the rhetoric of politicians in shaping public consent and projecting an always-legitimate image of even contradictory political positions, decisions, and actions
Context (archaeology · Legitimacy · Legitimation · Linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 1,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |