This study tried to present a pragmatic analysis of the act promising made by Barack Obama during presidential campaigns 2008 and 2012. It utilized qualitative approach data were collected through speeches. However, this also employed quantitative method calculate frequency utterances performative verbs their percentages. The researcher used Searle’s taxonomy analyze Obama’s findings showed tha...

This paper investigates the way speakers construct their identities as representatives of companies (institutional identity construction) in relation to they “project” an onto audiences. The audience is “altercasted” (Weinstein and Deutschberger 1963) role potential buyer a product, thus evoking standardized relational pair (Sacks 1972) seller/buyer. speaker then presents his company complement...

Key place in this paper takes the study of political speech in the Republic of Croatia and their impact on voters, or which keywords are in political speeches and public appearances of politicians in Croatia that their voting body wants to hear. Given listed below we will define the research topic in the form of a question - is there a discrepancy in the perception of the public-political speec...

We compute the rate of textual signals of risk of war recognizable in series of consecutive political speeches about a disputed issue serious enough to entail an international conflict. The speeches concern Iran’s nuclear program. We trace textual signals forewarning of risks of war that reactions to this affair lead to. The thrust of the textual analysis rests on the interplay of affiliation a...