‘OK, well, first of all, let me say …’: Discursive uses of response initiators in US presidential primary debates

Schubert, Christoph

doi:10.1177/1461445619842734

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“…Thus, he could win extensive supporters and advocates. The mood system in which declarative and imperative clause found in this study corroborated previous studies saying that linguistics resources might differently contribute to frame a comprehensive understanding of the characteristics of any kinds of the genre (Da Cunha, 2019; Mubarak & Batam, 2007;Schubert, 2019;Silke et al, 2019;Zhan & Huang, 2018).…”

Section: But Now Let's Give Each Other a Chance It's Time To Put Away The Harsh Rhetoric To Lower The Temperature To See Each Other Againsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…By and large, the use of mood system, modality, and pronoun in the speech text under study indicate the high power or solidarity, good intimacy, and familiarity as well. In this regard, this findings mirrors the previous findings saying that cohesion devices and other linguistics resources might differently contribute to frame a comprehensive understanding of the characteristics of any kind of text (Schubert, 2019;Silke et al, 2019;Yin, 2017;Zhan & Huang, 2018) and the socio discourse competence is of benefit in constructing certain text (Afzaal, 2020;Cartagena & Prego-vázquez, 2018;Määttä et al, 2021;Navarro et al, 2020).…”

Section: Will Work As Hard For Those Who Didn't Vote Me and Who Didsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…Metaphor is regarded as a prevailing way and a rhetoric dimension to frame political issues of political actors in their speech (Kelly, 2020;Moragas-fernández, Calvo, & Capdevila, 2018;Nartey, 2018). Meanwhile, cohesion devices and other linguistics resources could differently contribute to frame a comprehensive understanding of the characteristics of any kind of genre or text types (da Cunha, 2019;Xuan, 2017;Jitpranne, 2018;Martin Zappavigna, 2029;Schubert, 2019;Silke, Quinn, & Rieder, 2019;Zhan & Huang, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Interpersonal Function of Joe Biden’s Victory Speech (Systemic Functional Linguistics View)

Darong¹

2021

JERE

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Text analysis was mainly concerned with the ideational function and textual function. Besides, macro aspect has been regarded as the most text structure examined in previous studies. Regardless of those three aspects, this study focused on the interpersonal function analysis of political speech text, by taking an example of Joe Biden’s victory speech. The purposed theory namely Systemic Functional Linguistics theory (SFL) was then applied to analyze the text. The analysis was conducted by modifying the speech text into clauses which were subsequently analyzed in accordance with the goal of the analysis. Data analysis revealed that the speech established an intimate relationship and a close distance with the audience. As such, the speaker enables to gain support and exchange information through the use of linguistics resources namely declarative clause in the mood structure, modality, and pronoun "we". As a conclusion, different use of mood, modality, and personal pronouns might determine the different level of interpersonal function of a text. This study has a great impact on language teaching and learning in terms of maintaining social relationships and exchanging meanings between teachers and students by taking into account the link between linguistic resources and the nature of texts.

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Section: But Now Let's Give Each Other a Chance It's Time To Put Away The Harsh Rhetoric To Lower The Temperature To See Each Other Againsupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Will Work As Hard For Those Who Didn't Vote Me and Who Didsupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Interpersonal Function of Joe Biden’s Victory Speech (Systemic Functional Linguistics View)

Darong¹

2021

JERE

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“…Though lemme X sometimes serves the recipient's interests or furthers some shared aim, because it provides a place for the speaker to do some action rather than one made relevant by the recipient, it is structurally biased towards prioritizing the speaker's prerogatives and perspectives. This kind of prioritization has been described, in the context of political debates, as 'asserting dominance and power' (Schubert 2019). However, we might respecify dominance and power in terms of agency (Enfield 2013).…”

Section: Lemme X Regularly Prioritizes the Speaker's Interests And In...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Self-authorizing action: Onlet me Xin English social interaction

Hoey

2020

Lang. Soc.

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This article contributes to conversation analytic research on the formatting of imperative actions by focusing on the English first person imperative let me/lemme X as it appears in a range of naturally occurring interactions. I argue that lemme X is a practice for displacing what was projectably relevant in a given environment in favor of a self-authorized action. This as a result tends to advance the speaker's interests/initiatives. The analysis accounts for speakers’ apparent presumption of permission in unilaterally undertaking their lemme X action by reference to the placement, design, and subsequent orientations to the self-authorized action. The construction is discussed in terms of the distribution of agency and it is suggested that lemme X is particularly suited to advancing activities that favor autonomous action by the speaker and which involve the recipient only minimally. (Conversation analysis, imperatives, directives, English, agency)*

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“…The aspect in question is pivotal to judge the speaker's or writer's message. In addition, the coherence and cohesiveness of speech text are definitely determined by the choice of words and speech acts employment (Bu, Connor-linton, & Wang, 2020;Chu & Huang, 2020;Gusthini, Sobarna, & Amalia, 2018;Poulimenou, Stamou, Papavlasopoulos, & Poulos, 2016;Qian & Pan, 2019;Risberg & Lymer, 2020;Hopke & Simis, 2016;Horváth, 2017;Kelly, 2020 Capdevila, 2018;Nartey, 2018;da Cunha, 2019;Xuan, 2017;Jitpranne, 2018;Martin Zappavigna, 2029;Schubert, 2019;Silke, Quinn, & Rieder, 2019;Zhan & Huang, 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Speech Analysis (Discourse Semantic Analysis Based on Systemic Functional Linguistics Theory)

Darong¹,

Menggo²,

Jelimun³

2022

NJOC

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This study is concerned with discourse semantic analysis of three selected victory speeches of the US Presidents. It was conducted for and aimed at describing, explaining, and analyzing the field, the interpersonal meaning (tenor) the mode of the texts, the schematic structure, and the unity of the texts by using Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as the basis of analysis. The speech texts were changed into clauses and then analyzed. The results of the analysis found that the register category of field is similar. The transitivity patterns of the grammar, reference, and lexical string analysis share common features that is the realization of experiential action done by the speaker and audience for the progress of America. The interpersonal meaning of the texts is slightly different, in which, Joe Biden and Barack Obama established an intimate relationship with the audience, while in Donald trump’s text, the sense of intimacy and the distance with the audience are far. Since the nominal groups used were simple, the mode of all texts belongs to the spoken mode. Besides, In terms of schematic structure, the texts were constructed similarly consisting of an introduction, body, and conclusion. Finally, this study also found that the anaphoric reference which was predominantly used, a good pattern of conjunction relations, and lexical relations between lexical items appearing cross clauses categorize the texts as being highly cohesive.

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‘OK, well, first of all, let me say …’: Discursive uses of response initiators in US presidential primary debates

Cited by 26 publications

References 28 publications

Interpersonal Function of Joe Biden’s Victory Speech (Systemic Functional Linguistics View)

Interpersonal Function of Joe Biden’s Victory Speech (Systemic Functional Linguistics View)

Self-authorizing action: Onlet me Xin English social interaction

Speech Analysis (Discourse Semantic Analysis Based on Systemic Functional Linguistics Theory)

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