Historical and Close-Reading Analysis of State of the Union Addresses: Examining Two Approaches in Rhetorical Analysis

abstract: This research conducts two methods of rhetorical analysis of State of the Union Addresses: 1. Computational linguistic analysis of all State of the Union Addresses from 1790-2007, and 2. Close-readings and rhetorical analyses of two addresses: one by President Truman and one by President R...

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Other Authors: Wegner, Peter (Author)
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17998