“I will give it my all!”:personal pronouns in the announcement speeches of the United States Presidential candidates in 2016
This study investigates the roles of personal pronouns ’I’ and ’they’ in constructing ’self’ and ’others’ in presidential announcement speeches. It also tries to identify differences in personal pronoun usage between seasoned politicians and newcomers. The analysis is conducted using Norman Fairclou...
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University of Oulu
2016
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| Online Access: | http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201602031105 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:fi:oulu-201602031105 |