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TRUMP’IN BAŞKANLIK KONUŞMASINDAKİ KAVRAMSAL METAFORLAR

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 19, 85 - 94, 29.03.2022
https://doi.org/10.31455/asya.1032720

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Trump'ın 2017'de yaptığı göreve başlama konuşmasındaki bazı kavramsal metaforların siyasi söylemin oluşumuna nasıl katkıda bulunduğu araştırılmaktadır. Çoğu zaman olduğu gibi, seçilen başkanlar bu konuşma aracılığıyla ulusal ve de uluslararası alanlarda hedeflerini ortaya koymakta ve vizyonlarını açıklamaktadır. Bu tür başkanlık konuşmalarında, kitleler üzerinde güçlü bir etki sağlamak için çeşitli dilsel araçlar kullanılarak insanları ikna etmek ve hedeflenen mesaj ve ideolojileri iletmek amaçlanır. Dolayısıyla bu tür konuşmalar üstü kapalı ve belirgin siyasi söylemlerdir ve bu dilde kendine özgü kelimeler titizlikle seçilir, dilin tüm olanaklarından istifade edilir. Bu doğrultuda, her konuşmacı tarafından çeşitli dilsel yöntemler ve stratejiler geliştirilir. Dolayısıyla siyasi söylemde kullanılan bu stratejilerin araştırılması gerekmektedir.
Dil, iktidar ve ideoloji arasındaki bağlantıyı dilsel araçlar aracılığıyla araştırmak için bazı çalışmalar yapılmıştır. Başkanlık konuşmalarının üslup özelliklerini birçok açıdan ele alan çeşitli çalışmalar olmasına rağmen, konuya dair kavramsal metaforlarla ilgili yeterince çalışma söz konusu değildir. Bu çalışma, konuşmanın üslup özelliğini ve ikna edici bir şekilde metafor kullanımını daha iyi anlamamıza yardımcı olacaktır. Bu araştırma, Eleştirel Söylem Analizi (CDA) ve Lakoff ve Johnson Kavramsal Metafor Teorisi (CMT) ile edimsel çerçevede yürütülmüştür. Çalışma sonucunda, yapılan konuşmanın seçmenleri ikna etmek amacıyla ustalıkla hazırlandığı ve bu doğrultuda kullanılan kavramsal metaforların, söylem stratejileri oluşturmak için ayırt edici bilişsel araçlar olduğu görülmektedir.

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CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TRUMP'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 19, 85 - 94, 29.03.2022
https://doi.org/10.31455/asya.1032720

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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  • Aristotle. (1954). The Rhetoric and Poetics of Aristotle, (Trans. W. Rhys Roberts). New York: Modern Library.
  • Beard, A. (2000). The Language of Politics. London: Routledge.
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  • Hudson, K. (1978). The Language of Modern Politics. London: MacMillan.
  • Kövecses, Z. (2002). Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Lakoff, G. and Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors We Live By, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
  • Lakoff, G. and Mark, J. (1981). Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
  • Lakoff, G. (1993). The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor. (Ed. Andrew Ortony). In Metaphor and Thought (p. 202-203). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Lakoff, R. T. (1990). Talking Power: The Politics of Language in Our Lives. Glasgow: Harper Collins.
  • Merriam-Webster. (2021). https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metaphor. (Accessed: 3.12.2021).
  • Mio, J. S. (1997). Metaphor & Politics. Metaphor & Symbol, 12(2), 113-133.
  • Pelinka, A. (2007). Language as a Political Category: The Viewpoint of Political Science. Journal of Language & Politics, 6(1), 129-143.
  • Pilyarchuk, K. and Onysko, A. (2018). Conceptual Metaphors in Donald Trump’s Political Speeches: Framing His Topics and (Self-) Constructing His Persona. Colloquium: New Philologies, 0(3), 98-156.
  • Politico. (2021). https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/full-text-donald-trump-inauguration-speech-transcript-233907 (Accessed: 3.12.2021).
  • Santa Anna, O. (1999). Like an Animal I was Treated: Anti-immigrant Metaphor in US Public Discourse. Discourse and Society, 10(2), 191-224.
  • Van Dijk, T. A. (1993). Analyzing Racism Through Discourse Analysis: Some Methodological Reflections. (Eds. J. H. Stanfield II and R. M. Dennis). In Race and Ethnicity in Research Methods. ( p. 92-134). Newbury Park: Sage Publications.
  • Van Dijk, T. A. (2001). Critical Discourse Analysis. (Eds. D. Tannen, D. Schiffrin and H. Hamilton). In Handbook of Discourse Analysis (p. 352-371). Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Van Dijk, T. A. (2006). Politics, Ideology, and Discourse. Barcelona: Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
  • Van Dijk, T. A. (2013). Discourse, Power, And Access. In Texts and Practices (p. 93-113). UK: Routledge.
  • Wilson, J. (2001). Political Discourse. The Handbook of Discourse Analysis (Eds. D. Schiffrin, D. Tannen and H. Hamilton). Oxford: Blackwell.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Studies on Education
Journal Section Articles
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Ozan Deniz Yalçınkaya 0000-0003-4150-913X

Publication Date March 29, 2022
Submission Date December 5, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 6 Issue: 19

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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

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