This invited chapter takes a diachronic corpus-assisted discourse methodological approach in order to examine how the ‘environment’ has been construed in more than 50 years of US presidential discourse, by focussing on a corpus of formal speeches delivered by the latest ten American presidents - from President Kennedy (1960) to President Obama (2013). The combined use of quantitative and qualitative diachronic dimensions not only suggests tracks to be explored, but also provides us with more robust data on how meanings of environmental protection, energy conservation and cleanliness haveconsistently become more interrelated over time in this crucial domain of social and political practice.
Discursive Constructions of the Environment in Presidential Speeches 1960-2013: A Diachronic Corpus-Assisted Study / Cinzia, Bevitori. - STAMPA. - (2015), pp. 110-133.
Discursive Constructions of the Environment in Presidential Speeches 1960-2013: A Diachronic Corpus-Assisted Study
BEVITORI, CINZIA
2015
Abstract
This invited chapter takes a diachronic corpus-assisted discourse methodological approach in order to examine how the ‘environment’ has been construed in more than 50 years of US presidential discourse, by focussing on a corpus of formal speeches delivered by the latest ten American presidents - from President Kennedy (1960) to President Obama (2013). The combined use of quantitative and qualitative diachronic dimensions not only suggests tracks to be explored, but also provides us with more robust data on how meanings of environmental protection, energy conservation and cleanliness haveconsistently become more interrelated over time in this crucial domain of social and political practice.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
