Family Relations Words as a Specific Category of Loaded Terms
in American Presidential Campaigns

k 2014

Family Relations Words as a Specific Category of Loaded Terms in American Presidential Campaigns

REICH, Pavel

Basic information

Original name

Family Relations Words as a Specific Category of Loaded Terms in American Presidential Campaigns

Authors

REICH, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

From Theory to Practice: Sixth International Conference on Anglophone Studies, Zlín. 2014

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14640/14:00077623

Organization unit

Language Centre

Keywords in English

family relations words; loaded words; purr words; connotative meaning; presidential debates

Abstract

V originále

Family relations words can be seen as a specific kind of loaded words, i.e. words whose favourable or unfavourable connotations matter more than the conceptual meaning of the particular word. Words denoting basic relations within families such as mother, father and son are used by politicians instead of woman, man and soldier in order to manipulate people’s perception of facts and hence influence their political opinions. This study explores the use of family relations words by presidential candidates in the American presidential debates in the first decade of the 21st century. Its aim is to find out how this form of loaded language is used in order to promote the presidential candidates’ viewpoints on particular issues. The findings show that the use of words denoting close relationships within a family instead of more general and neutral words can be categorized into four broad groups: United States’ future, American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, candidates’ background and private life, and poor people. However, the use of family relations words within these categories varies in accordance with the context of each election, the topics discussed, as well as the different priorities of the two political parties.

Citovat

REICH, Pavel. Family Relations Words as a Specific Category of Loaded Terms in American Presidential Campaigns. In From Theory to Practice: Sixth International Conference on Anglophone Studies, Zlín. 2014.

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REICH, Pavel. Family Relations Words as a Specific Category of Loaded Terms in American Presidential Campaigns. In \textit{From Theory to Practice: Sixth International Conference on Anglophone Studies, Zlín.}. 2014.

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