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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Campaign speeches."”.
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A rhetorical criticism of the campaign speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson
<p>The 1952 Presidential campaign ushered into national prominence the Democratic nominee, Adlai Ewing Stevenson.</p> <p>His sudden and dramatic emergence as an important factor in world politics was due in part to his unique oratory. Dynamic in style and content, his speeches commanded the rapt …
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A critical analysis of selected campaign speeches of Richard M. Nixon during the 1960 presidential campaign
… historic race for office - the 1960 presidential campaign. Beginning with Mr. Kennedy’s nomination in July and continuing until election day, the campaign lasted for over sixteen weeks.</p><p>This was a campaign of firsts. It was the first time two men so young had run for president. The election …
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American Nationalism in the Early Twenty-first Century: A Discursive Analysis of the Politics of Immigration and National Security
… perform a discursive analysis of Donald Trump's campaign speeches in which he exploits pre-existing anti-immigration sentiments among certain voters to gain political power. The research question addressed herein is: How has Donald Trump invoked the issue of national security to single out groups …
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Rhetorical Constitution of Public Character and Conservative Ideology in the 1996 Republican Presidential Primary Campaign
… with one another. This study examines the campaign rhetoric of the six major candidates competing in the 1996 Republican presidential primary season. For each candidate I analyze a selection of representative campaign speeches and advertisements in order to identify traditions of …
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The Vice-Presidential campaign of Geraldine Ferraro : a rhetorical analysis.
… of Geraldine Ferraro's Vice-Presidential campaign of 1984. Her role as the first female candidate for the second highest office in the nation is studied through a critical analysis of her rhetoric. The paper considers the rhetorical problems she faced with respect to her gender, her …
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Expressive Forms of Topic Modeling to Support Digital Humanities
… of historical newspapers, of U.S. presidential campaign speeches, and of social messages collected through iNeighbors. ThemeDelta is evaluated using a qualitative expert user study involving three researchers from rhetoric and history using the historical newspapers corpus. Time and location are …
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It’s nothing personal? - A linguistic account of the personalization of American political communication
… Republican presidential nomination acceptance speeches between 1932 and 2020. The results showed that political personalization can indeed be detected via pronominal reference. First-person singular references showed an increasing tendency, indicating an increased focus on the individual. …