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オバマ大統領の政治コミュニケーション

ポストモダン大統領制を超えて

[in Japanese]

2009 Volume 2009 Issue 48 Pages 1-20
Published: August 31, 2009
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11293/jaces1962.2009.48_1

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This essay analyzes the rhetoric of Barack Obama. First, it discusses his campaign rhetoric in 2004 and 2008 U.S. presidential campaigns. Second, it examines the 2008 Obama-McCain TV debates. Third, it scrutinizes Obama's inaugural address in 2009. Finally, it elucidates Obama's Praha speech from the perspective of political communication. The author concludes that Obama should make the use of a rhetorical presidency beyond "postmodern presidency" of the Clinton and Bush administrations.

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自己と他者の位置づけについてのナラティブ分析の試み

―Michelle Obamaのアイデンティティ呈示―

[in Japanese]

2009 Volume 2009 Issue 48 Pages 21-36
Published: August 31, 2009
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11293/jaces1962.2009.48_21

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Narratives are one important media for communication. When we produce autobiographical narratives, we consider what stories are tellable, what stories are received favorably, and what stories in what type of formats are considered normal. These decisions are heavily influenced by the social structure where the narratives are produced. The present study analyzes narratives produced by Michelle Obama, then the wife of one of the presidential candidates, Barack Obama, during a recent presidential campaign. The analyses will uncover Michelle Obama's presentations of self and others' identities. In addition, the influence of ideology or discourse in American society that shaped her presentation of identities is discussed.

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日本における ESP教育の現状と課題

―医学英語を例に―

[in Japanese]

2009 Volume 2009 Issue 48 Pages 37-51
Published: August 31, 2009
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11293/jaces1962.2009.48_37

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今世紀の大学英語教育は、 ESP(English for Specific Purposes)の時代であるといっても過言ではない。日本の ESP全般（文部科学省・各大学・学会の取組等）の経緯を概観し、次に EMP(English for Medical Purposes)（厚生労働省・各大学・学会の取組等）の経緯、医学専門用語に関する最近の動きについて述べる。 ESPの一例である EMPの例をふまえたうえで、日本の ESP全般の現状と課題を検証し今後の方向性について考える。

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バラク・オバマはいかにしてアメリカ国民を説得したのか

―2008年米国大統領候補者指名争いにおける演説を中心とした考察―

[in Japanese]

2009 Volume 2009 Issue 48 Pages 53-67
Published: August 31, 2009
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11293/jaces1962.2009.48_53

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This article offers an analysis of Barack Obama's speeches in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Primary Campaign. Focusing on his speeches in the early stage of his campaign, I attempt to describe how Obama managed to attract so many Americans across boundaries of age, gender, and race. A closer look at Obama's speeches will reveal certain common characteristics, which I will summarize under three thematic headings: "politics by the people," "personalized campaign," and "from division to unity." In the article, I reach the conclusion that Obama's rhetoric allows him to avoid a "discourse of divisions," and instead allows him to talk about cultural differences in a more engaging manner.

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Brown and Levinson (1987)のpoliteness理論に基づく社説分析

―批判的談話分析 (CDA)の観点から―

[in Japanese]

2009 Volume 2009 Issue 48 Pages 69-83
Published: August 31, 2009
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11293/jaces1962.2009.48_69

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This study aims to analyze editorial articles of The New York Times and The Washington Post featuring the presidential election in the United States in 2004 on the basis of Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness theory and critical discourse analysis (CDA) and assert that it is important to make use of both techniques. Fairclough (1992) states that in terms of CDA and the politeness theory, it is revealed that politeness strategies arise from some social relationships between an addresser and an addressee, and at the same time, the use of such strategies strengthens these relationships. Thus, based on both of them, this thesis has examined how ideologies as to one of the U.S. presidential candidates, that is, George Bush, are represented, focusing on politeness strategies. As a result, although NYT and WP utilize various politeness strategies to remain neutral, these strategies strengthen an ideology that the newspaper companies are against Bush in electoral discourse.

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Communication in a Digital Age

G. Thomas Goodnight

2009 Volume 2009 Issue 48 Pages 85-104
Published: August 31, 2009
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11293/jaces1962.2009.48_85

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2009 Volume 2009 Issue 48 Pages 105-118
Published: August 31, 2009
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11293/jaces1962.2009.48_105

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2009 Volume 2009 Issue 48 Pages 119-143
Published: August 31, 2009
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11293/jaces1962.2009.48_119

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