Analyzing President Obama’s Crisis Rhetoric: The Case of Syria
Analyzing President Obama’s Crisis Rhetoric: The Case of Syria
Author(s): Marta RzepeckaSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Instytut Germanistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Barack Obama; Crisis Rhetoric; Syria; Political Philosophy; US Foreign Policy
Summary/Abstract: This article explores President Obama’s handling of the Syrian crisis between April 2011 and Sep- tember 2014. Set in the context of Obama’s philosophy and its underlying principles and values, the article examines continuity and shifts in the president’s approach to the situation in Syria, identifies the rhetorical devices deployed to communicate the way he wanted to handle the con ict as it unfolded, and ascertains the implications of his foreign policy course and discourse regarding the Syrian crisis for his public persona.
Journal: tekst i dyskurs – text und diskurs
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 405-425
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English