Verbal Certainty in American Politics: An Overview and Extension

This article reexamines the first author's work over the last three decades in the area of presidential rhetoric, focusing particularly on verbal certainty—the extent to which a speaker depends on resolute and totalistic language. The study then explores the first three years of the George W. B...

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Published inPresidential studies quarterly Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 516 - 535
Main Authors HART, RODERICK P., CHILDERS, JAY P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2004
Blackwell Publishing
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Center for the Study of the Presidency
Subjects
Analysis
Bush, George W
Certainty
Communication
Language
Language Usage
Political aspects
Political campaigns
Political debate
Political leadership
Political rhetoric
Political science
Political speeches
Politicians
Politics
Presidency
Presidents
Rhetoric
Terrorism
U.S.A
United States of America
Verbs
Words
United States
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Summary:This article reexamines the first author's work over the last three decades in the area of presidential rhetoric, focusing particularly on verbal certainty—the extent to which a speaker depends on resolute and totalistic language. The study then explores the first three years of the George W. Bush presidency along this dimension. Although verbal certainty has declined across presidential administrations during the past 50 years, the Bush presidency has resurrected it, perhaps because of personal or philosophical reasons and perhaps because of the unique circumstances created by the war on terrorism.
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ISSN:0360-4918
1741-5705
DOI:10.1111/j.1741-5705.2004.00210.x