Self-representation in political campaign talk: A functional metadiscourse approach to self-mentions in televised presidential debates
[EN] Self-mentions (i.e., first person pronouns and self-citations) have proven to be one of the most powerful ways of rhetorical self-projection in academic discourse and their role in the construction of a self that engenders credibility in more overtly persuasive genres, such as political debates...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/158946 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/158946 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Self-representation Persuasion Ethos Political speech Televised presidential debates FILOLOGIA INGLESA Fundamentos teóricos para el procesamiento de la lengua 32067 / W - Programa de doctorado en lenguas y tecnología 2145 Fundamentos teóricos para el procesamiento de la lengua 32067 / X - Máster universitario en lenguas y tecnología 2139 |
| Sumario: | [EN] Self-mentions (i.e., first person pronouns and self-citations) have proven to be one of the most powerful ways of rhetorical self-projection in academic discourse and their role in the construction of a self that engenders credibility in more overtly persuasive genres, such as political debates, has been extensively studied, given the vast literature on pronouns in political discourse analysis and specifically on their uses in political debates. To gain a better insight into the ways in which politicians can build a credible ethos through a competent and authoritative presentation of themselves in electoral debates, this paper compares the frequency and rhetorical roles of the self-mentions used by the candidates of the two major political parties (i.e., Democrats and Republicans) during the debates held for the United States presidential election of 2016. The Republican candidates (i.e., Trump and Pence) were found to make a notably greater use of self-mentions than their Democratic counterparts (i.e., Clinton and Kaine). Significant differences were also found in the rhetorical roles most commonly adopted by each politician to convey authority through the use of exclusive pronouns and self-citations. |
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