Psychoneuroimmunology: The State of the Union

Presidential discourse is an indicative of axiological and other developmental vectors of a linguocultural community. It informs one about the main social, cultural, economic, and political changes in a country. In this respect, the annual State of the Union Address in the USA and the Address to the Federal Assembly in Russia are seen as the highlights of the political calendar in both countries, as these statements summarise the most relevant issues and enable their respective leaders to elaborate on their vision of their nation’s future. This paper aims to analise and compare the axiological vectors developed in the given presidential addresses in both Russia and the USA in the period from 2009 to 2015. It traces not only the most relevant values promoted by the political leaders, but also any axiological changes that occurred in the eventful years under investigation. The results of the research inform one about the current axiological identities of the linguocultural communities in question and the changing vectors of their development.

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Analysis of Political Metaphors in Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address in 2020

English Literature and Language Review ◽

10.32861/ellr.74.69.73 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 69-73

Author(s):

Tang Bingyu

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Metaphor ◽

The State ◽

The Political ◽

Cognitive Analysis ◽

Conceptual Metaphor Theory ◽

State Of The Union ◽

Metaphor Theory ◽

George Lakoff ◽

The Masses ◽

The Relationship

On the basis of Conceptual Metaphor Theory proposed by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, this paper conducts a cognitive analysis of conceptual metaphors in Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address in 2020, aiming to explain the metaphors in the State of the Union Address, reveal the political intentions hidden behind the metaphors, and construe the relationship between politics and metaphor. It is found that the metaphors in this State of the Union Address are: CONFLICT metaphors, BUILDING metaphor, JOURNEY metaphors, ORIENTATIONAL metaphors, and PLANT metaphors. Through the analysis, this paper concludes that conceptual metaphor has the function of persuading the masses and shaping the image of politicians. At the same time, this paper also finds that politics restricts the choice and application of metaphor.

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Text representation strategies: An example with the State of the union addresses

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology ◽

10.1002/asi.23510 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 67 (8) ◽

pp. 1858-1870 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jacques Savoy

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

Text Representation ◽

State Of The Union

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Irish land questions in the state of the Union

Land questions in modern Ireland ◽

10.7228/manchester/9780719078804.003.0001 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 3-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

State Of The Union

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Reframing Audience

Political Campaigning in the Information Age - Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6062-5.ch008 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 148-164 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

G. R. Boynton ◽

Glenn W. Richardson Jr.

Keyword(s):

Political Discourse ◽

Public Domain ◽

Black Box ◽

The State ◽

Evaluative Judgment ◽

Critical Importance ◽

The Public ◽

State Of The Union

Analysis of the audiences for the state of the union addresses on Twitter from 2010-2012 provides analytical leverage in unpacking the concept of audience, which has largely inhabited an analytical “black box,” seen as of critical importance but little understood. The authors frame audience as “co-motion” as it evolves from a broadcast medium to a medium of interaction in three moves: hashtags that establish a space for gathering, retweets that share reading, and sharing of urls that serve to communicate importance, evaluative judgment, and justification. They contrast the response of the congressional audience and the Twitter audience and find, while there was substantial overlap in their applause, members of Congress were less responsive than the Twitter audience to the president's calls for them to meet their responsibilities and less responsive to criticisms of major corporations. The authors find a vibrant political discourse on Twitter reaching a potential audience that rivals in size that of television, as audience becomes the public domain.

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