UNIVERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES:. NGUYEN KIEU LUONG. A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF PERSON DELXIS IN JOHN KERRY’S REMARKS ON CLIMATE CIIANGE Một phân tích ngữ dụng về chỉ xuất về ngôi trong bai phat biếu của John Kerry về biến đổi khí hậu M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS: Field: English Linguistics Code:60220201 HANOI - 2016 VIETNAM NATIONAT.
UNIVERSITY, HANOT UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES:. NGUYEN KIEU LUONG. A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF PERSON DETXIS IN JOHN KERRY’S REMARKS ON CLIMATE CHANGE Một phân tích ngữ dụng về chỉ xuất về ngâi trong hài phát hiểu của John Kerry về biến đổi khí hậu M. MINOR PROGRAMME THESIS Field: English Linguistics Cude:60220201 Supervisor: Assoc.
Ngo Hitu Hoàng HANOI - 2016 DECLARATION Thereby certify that the thesis entitled “A pragmatic analysis of person deixis in John Kerry's remarks on climate” is the result of my own research for the Degree of Master of Arts at the University of Languages and International Studies, Viet Nam National University, and that this thesis has not been submitted for any other degrees Hanoi, March 2016 Nguyễn Kiểu Lương LIST OF FIGURES Figures Page Figure 1) Subdivision of singular person devas 7 Figure 2; Subdivision of plural person deixis 7 Tiaue3: References of context 13 Tiawe 4 Kinds of person deixis used in Tohn Keny’s Remarks on imate | Change Figure 5: Occurrence of first person singular 20 Figure 6 — Oeemrenceoffitpersonplural 3 Figure 7 Occurrence of second person deixis 31 Figure 8 Occurrence of third person singular 33 Figure 9: Occurrence of third person plural 36 vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration .cccccccsessuessee e s iiesssineerrnesnettsnrinansnmsteumeanecssineseiaenenal Acknowledgomiemts .csscucsesenscsssseesssesiessaceensenieanentssesmmentsanvensssevsevsnedh Abstract i PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1, Rationale for the s0ẩy. on Hinh siiriririrrrrrrnaieeararerreeE 2. Aim and scope of the study - - - ae) 2. Aim of the study.
Scape of the study. PART 2 DEVELOPMENT CHAPTERT A BACKGROUND TO TIIE STUDY 4 1. The Role ofPerson deixis in Political Communication 8 3. The Role of Context in Using Deixis, - - - con HO 3.
The Situational Context/ Exophoric Reftreiice. The Backpround Knowledge Context. Political Discourse Propagandia. Related Study - - - so IS CHATTERII METHODOLOGY.
Research methods and instruments. Data of the study. Data analysis 17 CHAPTER II FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Kinds of Person deixis used in John Kerry's Remarks on Climate Change 18 2, Refcrents and Political Purposes of Person deixis uscd in John Kemy’s Remarks on Climate "mẽ.
Rati ale for the study There is a close relationship between language and politics. According lo Adetunji (2006:1), the former is the medium which the society used for the purposes of communication and cohabitation while the latter is considered the ideas and activities used for gaming and exercising power in sociely. Tn addilion, Wodak and de Cillia (2006:709) claim that there is no clear-cut distinction between language and polities, and they are two overlapping subjects. As a resull, when imvestigaling one of these subjects, the other also needs to be concerned.
Wind ct al. (1989:26) highlights that deixis is a universal clament of languages. It is a linguistic phenomenon attracting much concem from linguists. Deixis is used widely by people from all over the world, regardless of personality, the culture and country they come from.
However, the way people cmuploy deictic expressions in their communication differs from one person to another owing to their distinctive characteristics, education level, social class, communicative purposes and so forth. Among the five common lypes of deixis in languages: person, time, place, discourse and social dexxis, person deixisis is perhaps the warthiest considering as it deals with the roles participating in a speech event. This study is aimed Lo investigate how person deixis 1s employed by John Kerry as a speaker with great power and potential influence on the audiences. It is worth mentioning that in politics speaker normally adjust what they say to suit the social-political reaction they anticipate from the audience (Joseph, 2006:13).
‘The forms of adjustment itself vary from metonymy to the use of person deixis (Beard. Person deixis, within ils simplicily, conlains broad inlerpretalion since iL is interpreted based on its context, not dictionary meaning, PART T1 INTRODUCTION 1. Rati ale for the study There is a close relationship between language and politics. According lo Adetunji (2006:1), the former is the medium which the society used for the purposes of communication and cohabitation while the latter is considered the ideas and activities used for gaming and exercising power in sociely.
Tn addilion, Wodak and de Cillia (2006:709) claim that there is no clear-cut distinction between language and polities, and they are two overlapping subjects. As a resull, when imvestigaling one of these subjects, the other also needs to be concerned. Wind ct al. (1989:26) highlights that deixis is a universal clament of languages.
It is a linguistic phenomenon attracting much concem from linguists. Deixis is used widely by people from all over the world, regardless of personality, the culture and country they come from. However, the way people cmuploy deictic expressions in their communication differs from one person to another owing to their distinctive characteristics, education level, social class, communicative purposes and so forth. Among the five common lypes of deixis in languages: person, time, place, discourse and social dexxis, person deixisis is perhaps the warthiest considering as it deals with the roles participating in a speech event.
This study is aimed Lo investigate how person deixis 1s employed by John Kerry as a speaker with great power and potential influence on the audiences. It is worth mentioning that in politics speaker normally adjust what they say to suit the social-political reaction they anticipate from the audience (Joseph, 2006:13). ‘The forms of adjustment itself vary from metonymy to the use of person deixis (Beard. Person deixis, within ils simplicily, conlains broad inlerpretalion since iL is interpreted based on its context, not dictionary meaning, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express the deepest appreciation to my supervisor, Associate Professor Dr.
Ngé Llttu Lloang for helping me complete this study. ‘This paper would not have been accomplished without his expert, constant and valuable guidance and encouragement. His patience and helpful criticism helped me confidently express my ideas into this paper. I also wish to express my sincere thanks to all my lecturers at the Faculty of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies, University of Languages and Intemational Studies for their valuable Iectures which have helped me a great deal in gaining a lot of theoretical as well as practical knowledge.
My special thanks also go to my colleagues at Bill Gates Intemational Secondary and [ligh Schools for their enthusiastic help and support with my teaching schedule at school which gave me precious time to deal with my thesis. Finally, 1 would also like to express my deep gratitude and love to my devoted parents and my sister who gave me time and encouraged me to overcome all cbstacles during the « ccomuplisLment of Unis study. TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration .cccccccsessuessee e s iiesssineerrnesnettsnrinansnmsteumeanecssineseiaenenal Acknowledgomiemts .csscucsesenscsssseesssesiessaceensenieanentssesmmentsanvensssevsevsnedh Abstract i PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1, Rationale for the s0ẩy. on Hinh siiriririrrrrrrnaieeararerreeE 2.
Aim and scope of the study - - - ae) 2. Aim of the study. Scape of the study. PART 2 DEVELOPMENT CHAPTERT A BACKGROUND TO TIIE STUDY 4 1.
The Role ofPerson deixis in Political Communication 8 3. The Role of Context in Using Deixis, - - - con HO 3. The Situational Context/ Exophoric Reftreiice. The Backpround Knowledge Context.
Political Discourse Propagandia. Related Study - - - so IS CHATTERII METHODOLOGY. Research methods and instruments. Data of the study.
Data analysis 17 CHAPTER II FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Kinds of Person deixis used in John Kerry's Remarks on Climate Change 18 2, Refcrents and Political Purposes of Person deixis uscd in John Kemy’s Remarks on Climate "mẽ. TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration .cccccccsessuessee e s iiesssineerrnesnettsnrinansnmsteumeanecssineseiaenenal Acknowledgomiemts .csscucsesenscsssseesssesiessaceensenieanentssesmmentsanvensssevsevsnedh Abstract i PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1, Rationale for the s0ẩy. on Hinh siiriririrrrrrrnaieeararerreeE 2.
Aim and scope of the study - - - ae) 2. Aim of the study. Scape of the study. PART 2 DEVELOPMENT CHAPTERT A BACKGROUND TO TIIE STUDY 4 1.
The Role ofPerson deixis in Political Communication 8 3. The Role of Context in Using Deixis, - - - con HO 3. The Situational Context/ Exophoric Reftreiice. The Backpround Knowledge Context.
Political Discourse Propagandia. Related Study - - - so IS CHATTERII METHODOLOGY. Research methods and instruments. Data of the study.
Data analysis 17 CHAPTER II FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Kinds of Person deixis used in John Kerry's Remarks on Climate Change 18 2, Refcrents and Political Purposes of Person deixis uscd in John Kemy’s Remarks on Climate "mẽ. TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration .cccccccsessuessee e s iiesssineerrnesnettsnrinansnmsteumeanecssineseiaenenal Acknowledgomiemts .csscucsesenscsssseesssesiessaceensenieanentssesmmentsanvensssevsevsnedh Abstract i PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1, Rationale for the s0ẩy. on Hinh siiriririrrrrrrnaieeararerreeE 2.
Aim and scope of the study - - - ae) 2. Aim of the study. Scape of the study. PART 2 DEVELOPMENT CHAPTERT A BACKGROUND TO TIIE STUDY 4 1.
The Role ofPerson deixis in Political Communication 8 3. The Role of Context in Using Deixis, - - - con HO 3. The Situational Context/ Exophoric Reftreiice. The Backpround Knowledge Context.
Political Discourse Propagandia. Related Study - - - so IS CHATTERII METHODOLOGY. Research methods and instruments. Data of the study.
Data analysis 17 CHAPTER II FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. Kinds of Person deixis used in John Kerry's Remarks on Climate Change 18 2, Refcrents and Political Purposes of Person deixis uscd in John Kemy’s Remarks on Climate "mẽ. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express the deepest appreciation to my supervisor, Associate Professor Dr. Ngé Llttu Lloang for helping me complete this study.
‘This paper would not have been accomplished without his expert, constant and valuable guidance and encouragement. His patience and helpful criticism helped me confidently express my ideas into this paper. I also wish to express my sincere thanks to all my lecturers at the Faculty of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies, University of Languages and Intemational Studies for their valuable Iectures which have helped me a great deal in gaining a lot of theoretical as well as practical knowledge. My special thanks also go to my colleagues at Bill Gates Intemational Secondary and [ligh Schools for their enthusiastic help and support with my teaching schedule at school which gave me precious time to deal with my thesis.
Finally, 1 would also like to express my deep gratitude and love to my devoted parents and my sister who gave me time and encouraged me to overcome all cbstacles during the « ccomuplisLment of Unis study. ABSTRACT This study is conducted to identify Ue person deixis used in Jol Kery’s Remarks on Climate Change and the purposes of its usage seen from political angle Quulitalive research methodology is applied to analyze the data. From the point of view of several theoretical concepts in the field of praginatics namely person deixis, referents, the role of context, person deixis in the speech is investigated according to its subdivisions. The results reveal that “I” and “we” are dominantly employed by the speaker.
“We” functions to involve himself as participant while “1” functions as self positioning. Following the evaluation of the results, a discussion of the person deixis usage and ils role on polilical goals is presented which shows thal “we” is employed to preserve friendship between John Kerry and the audience. The last pages of this study are devoted for the implications for teaching: and learning pragmatics as well as suggestions tor further rescarch.
