Research Article

CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Volume: 6 Number: 19 March 29, 2022
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CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Abstract

This study investigates how some conceptual metaphors in Trump's inauguration speech delivered in 2017, contributed to the formation of political discourse. As is often the case, by these speeches, the elected presidents reveal their goals and explain their visions in the national and international arenas. Such presidential speeches aim to persuade people and convey targeted messages and ideologies, using various linguistic tools to impact the masses substantially. Therefore, such speeches are political discourses with implicit and explicit meanings, and in this language, the unique words are meticulously chosen, and all the possibilities of the language are utilized. Accordingly, various linguistic methods and strategies are developed by each speaker, and these strategies are required to be examined. Some studies have been carried out to investigate the connection between language, power, and ideology through linguistic devices. Although various studies deal with the stylistic features of presidential speeches from many aspects, the number of related studies on conceptual metaphors is limited. This study will help us better understand the stylistic features of speech and the use of metaphors persuasively. The study was conducted pragmatically with Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Lakoff and Johnson's Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). As a result of the study, it is clear that the speech was prepared skilfully to persuade the voters, and the conceptual metaphors used in this direction are distinctive cognitive devices for creating discourse strategies.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 29, 2022

Submission Date

December 5, 2021

Acceptance Date

March 28, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 6 Number: 19

APA
Yalçınkaya, O. D. (2022). CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Asya Studies, 6(19), 85-94. https://doi.org/10.31455/asya.1032720
AMA
1.Yalçınkaya OD. CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Asya Studies. 2022;6(19):85-94. doi:10.31455/asya.1032720
Chicago
Yalçınkaya, Ozan Deniz. 2022. “CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS”. Asya Studies 6 (19): 85-94. https://doi.org/10.31455/asya.1032720.
EndNote
Yalçınkaya OD (March 1, 2022) CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Asya Studies 6 19 85–94.
IEEE
[1]O. D. Yalçınkaya, “CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS”, Asya Studies, vol. 6, no. 19, pp. 85–94, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.31455/asya.1032720.
ISNAD
Yalçınkaya, Ozan Deniz. “CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS”. Asya Studies 6/19 (March 1, 2022): 85-94. https://doi.org/10.31455/asya.1032720.
JAMA
1.Yalçınkaya OD. CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Asya Studies. 2022;6:85–94.
MLA
Yalçınkaya, Ozan Deniz. “CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS”. Asya Studies, vol. 6, no. 19, Mar. 2022, pp. 85-94, doi:10.31455/asya.1032720.
Vancouver
1.Ozan Deniz Yalçınkaya. CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. Asya Studies. 2022 Mar. 1;6(19):85-94. doi:10.31455/asya.1032720

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