Stylistic analysis of the French presidential speeches: Is Macron really different?
Presidential speeches indicate the government's intentions and justifications supported by a dedicated style and rhetoric oscillating between explanation and controversy. Over a period of 60 years, can we observe stylistic variations by the different French presidents of the Fifth Republic (1958–201...
| Publicado en: | Digital Scholarship in the Humanities Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 153 - 164 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=150091628&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 150091628 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 2055768X JEO9 jtl: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities issn: 2055768X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2021 vid: 36 iid: 1 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 150091628 10.1093/llc/fqz090 ppf: 153 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 240KB tig: atl: Stylistic analysis of the French presidential speeches: Is Macron really different? aug: au: Labbé, Dominique Savoy, Jacques affil: University of Grenoble , France University of Neuchatel , Switzerland su: Public opinion French people Ex-presidents sug: subj: Public opinion French people Ex-presidents ab: Presidential speeches indicate the government's intentions and justifications supported by a dedicated style and rhetoric oscillating between explanation and controversy. Over a period of 60 years, can we observe stylistic variations by the different French presidents of the Fifth Republic (1958–2018)? Based on official transcripts of all their allocutions, this article illustrates the stylistic evolution and presents the underlying main trends. This study shows that de Gaulle's rhetoric is not mainly dedicated to his own person, or that the two terms of J. Chirac are not fully similar. According to several overall stylistic indicators, Macron's style does not appear as complex compared to his predecessors (F. Hollande or N. Sarkozy) but a more careful analysis clearly demonstrates his noticeable new style. Compared to the recent US presidents, the French ones present some similarities (e.g. similar mean sentence length) and dissimilarities (more I-words, less we-words). In this comparative analysis, Macron's style is also clearly distinctive from both the US and former French presidents. Opting for a more abstract discourse, less anchored in space, using less numbers, E. Macron tends to use long sentences. These various stylistic and rhetorical features could explain his being misunderstood by the French people and his recurrent low approval ratings. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: © 2019 EADH: The European Association for Digital Humanities. item: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities holder: Oxford University Press / USA dt: @attributes: year: 2021 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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