Representational choices of the visit of King Charles III to Romania in June 2023 in the speeches of President Klaus Iohannis and King Charles III – a comparative approach
Representational choices of the visit of King Charles III to Romania in June 2023 in the speeches of President Klaus Iohannis and King Charles III – a comparative approach
Author(s): Marina-Cristiana RotaruSubject(s): Applied Linguistics, Semiology
Published by: Editura Conspress
Keywords: discourse analysis; semiotic action; reaction; hedging; President Klaus Iohannis of Romania; King Charles III of the United Kingdom;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to compare and contrast two speeches, the speech of the Romanian president, Klaus Iohannis, and the speech of the British monarch, King Charles III, on the latter’s unofficial visit to Romania between 2-5 June 2023. The analysis focuses on their discourse regarding the royal visit and on how the king’s attachment to this country is reflected in the presidential speech and the monarch’s speech. We will draw mainly on the concepts of material action, semiotic action and reaction proposed by Theo van Leeuwen in order to identify the manner in which social action is represented at text level. We will also use van Leeuwen’s taxonomy to show how the king’s attachment to Romania is revealed in the text.
- Issue Year: XVI/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 46-62
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English, Romanian
