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This book focuses on values and valuation in the State of the Union addresses delivered by the former U.S. President George W. Bush. What values are invoked in the speeches? How are these values constructed? How can they be classified? How are particular construals of values conducive to the actions the speaker wants to legitimize? Drawing on Critical Discourse Studies, the book examines pragmalinguistic tools applied in political legitimization, such as proximization, metaphor or assertion. The analysis reveals three ideological values used in the context of foreign policy making: security, terrorism and freedom.

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Contents: Value and evaluation in Critical Discourse Studies – Ideology – Linguistic tools for the articulation of evaluation in political discourse – Legitimization – Proximization – Polish axiological linguistics – President George W. Bush’s State of the Union addresses – Freedom – Security – Terrorism – War on terror.

A Critical Search for Values in George W. Bush’s

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/08/2015
      ISBN13: 9783631664834, 978-3631664834
      ISBN10: 3631664834

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book focuses on values and valuation in the State of the Union addresses delivered by the former U.S. President George W. Bush. What values are invoked in the speeches? How are these values constructed? How can they be classified? How are particular construals of values conducive to the actions the speaker wants to legitimize? Drawing on Critical Discourse Studies, the book examines pragmalinguistic tools applied in political legitimization, such as proximization, metaphor or assertion. The analysis reveals three ideological values used in the context of foreign policy making: security, terrorism and freedom.

      Table of Contents
      Contents: Value and evaluation in Critical Discourse Studies – Ideology – Linguistic tools for the articulation of evaluation in political discourse – Legitimization – Proximization – Polish axiological linguistics – President George W. Bush’s State of the Union addresses – Freedom – Security – Terrorism – War on terror.

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