This study analyses Donald Trump’s inaugural addresses delivered in 2017 and 2025, focusing on how specific lexical and pragmatic choices construct political messaging. Combining corpus-based lexical analysis with discourse-pragmatic interpretation, it highlights the strategic use of language in constructing political identity. Key content words such as America, nation, and great emerge prominently in Trump’s speeches, reflecting recurring rhetorical patterns. It also examines pronouns like we, us, and our, analyzing their frequency and rhetorical function in constructing group identity. Using theories of presupposition and implicature, the study examines how key phrases such as “We will make America great again” and “The golden age of America begins right now” work beyond their literal meaning to reinforce national sentiment. Comparative analysis reveals a shift in rhetorical strategy: the 2017 speech relies more on emotional language, while the 2025 speech emphasizes institutional legitimacy. Together, these linguistic choices form a coherent rhetorical framework that influences political identity and affiliation. The findings suggest how political language can be strategically used to influence public perception, highlighting the importance of language choices made by influential political figures and the need for continued analysis of such discourse.
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Background 2.1 Pragmatics in Political Discourse 2.2 Presupposition and Implicature 2.3 Previous Studies on Trump’s Political Language 3. Methodology 3.1 Speech Data for Analysis 3.2 Data Collection and Classification of Valid Data 3.3 Data Analysis 4. Research Findings 4.1 Frequency Analysis of Content Words in the Inaugural Addresses 4.2 Discourse-Pragmatic Interpretation of High-Frequency Lexical Items 4.3 Pragmatic Construction of Group Identity and Membership 4.4 Pragmatic Analysis of Key Ideological Phrases 5. Conclusion References Internet Works Cited
한국언어연구학회 [The Korean Association of Language Studies]
설립연도
1996
분야
인문학>언어학
소개
한국언어연구학회는 언어학과 언어교육 분야의 연구를 통하하여 학문의 질적 향상과 국내외 회원 및 학회간의 학술 교류와 친목을 도모한다. 이를 위해 학술 연구 발표회, 강연회, 강습회를 개최하고, 정기학회지, 연구보고서, 서적 등을 간행하며, 그 밖에 지역사회에 필요한 사업과 연구 활동을 수행하는데 중점을 두고 있다.