A critical search for values in George W. Bush's State of the Union addresses /

Sowińska, Agnieszka,

A critical search for values in George W. Bush's State of the Union addresses / Agnieszka Sowińska. - First edition. - 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations. - Philologica Wratislaviensia : from grammar to discourse, volume 6 1866-699X ; . - Philologica Wratislaviensia ; v. 6. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Political language within the framework of discourse studies -- Value and evaluation in critical discourse studies -- Toward the analysis of values in political discourse -- The corpus of political texts and its context -- A critical discourse analysis of values in President George W. Bush's State of the Union addresses -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix One: Positive ideological values -- Appendix Two: Positive moral values -- Appendix Three: Positive cognitive values -- Appendix Four: Positive vital values -- Appendix Five: Negative ideological values -- Appendix Six: Negative moral values -- Appendix Seven: Negative vital values -- Appendix Eight: The frequency list of the words whose concordance lines were created -- Name index.

9783653057263 (e-book)


Bush, George W. 1946- --Oratory.
Bush, George W. 1946- --Language.
Bush, George W. 1946- --Ethics.
Bush, George W. 1946- --Criticism and interpretation.


Presidents--United States--Messages.
Values--Political aspects--United States.
Discourse analysis--United States.


United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.


Electronic books.

E903.3 / .S69 2015eb

973.931092