Inclusive Pronouns in Selected Political Speeches of Hillary Clinton. A Linguistic Study

Research Paper (postgraduate) , 2017 , 20 Pages

English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics

Political speeches have different tools in making speeches so influential . One of these tools is using inclusive pronouns . The study concentrates on a famous political figure , Hillary Clinton , who is nominated for running a president . Clinton has a long history in politics and elections . The study analyses three speeches about three different occasions during her time in 2016 . The results of these speeches show that inclusive pronouns are highest among other personal pronouns .

Contents

1. Introduction
1.1 Public Speaking
1.2 The Context of Human communication
1.3 Pronouns in Political Speeches

2. Pronouns
2.1 Types of Pronouns
2.2 Inclusive pronouns

3. Methods

4. Data

5. Analyzing Clinton's Speech
5.1 Clinton's Speech at Georgetown Institute
5.2 Clinton's Concession Speech at Presidential Election
5.3 Clinton's Speech in New York

6. Conclusion

Bibliography

• Course: Master in Applied Linguistics
• Author: Hayder Ankushi (Author)
• Publication Year: 2017
• Pages: 20
• Catalog Number: V367768
• ISBN (eBook): 9783668477674
• ISBN (Book): 9783668477681
• Language: English
• Tags: inclusive, pronouns, selected, political, speeches, hillary, clinton, linguistic, study