inaugural address in the appendix part easier; the reader will be able to see the appraising items as they occur in the clauses their context in the speech.
It must also be noted that the numbering of the items in the texts are discontinuous. The numbering starts at 1 again in each of the texts subsequent to the
first text. Thus, the number 1 in the place columns in the tables displaying attitude in Bush Sr’s text refers to the number 1 in the corresponding text. The same goes with
each of the subsequent texts.
4.1.1. Attitude in Bush Senior’s Inaugural Address
George Herbert Walker Bush [a.k.a Bush Senior] is the 41
st
President of the United of America. Because he was only elected once as the president of USA, there
is only one inaugural address of him viz. the one that he delivered on January 20, 1989. The full transcript of the speech and the other five inaugural addresses of the
other presidents can be seen in the appendix section of this thesis. The results of the analysis of attitude elements in the Inaugural Address are presented in the three tables
below, each table for each sub-system.
Table 4.1. Affect in Bush Sr’s Inaugural Address No
Appraising Items Affect
Appraised Place
1 2
3 4
5 6
- …earned …hearts … - …gladdened
- …don’t want - …don’t wish
- …do not mistrust… - …do not fear…
+ hap + hap
neg +des neg +des
neg –sec neg –des
President Reagan Washington
Bush Americans
Bush Sr Bush Sr
1 4
54 55
81 82
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As the table above shows, the affect appraisal items found in the texts are only 6 consisting of 3 desire, 2 unhappiness and 1 insecurity. The following are the
complete clauses of the 6 appraising items.
1. There is a man…who has earned…our hearts.. [+hap] 2. And he would…be gladdened by this day…[+hap]
3. …and I don’t want to…[neg +des] 4. And we don’t wish to turn back time…[neg -des]
5. I do not mistrust the future. [neg -sec] 6. I do not fear what is ahead. [neg -des]
Table 4.2. Judgement in Bush Sr’s Inaugural Address No
Appraising Items Judgement
Appraised Place
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
9 10
11 12
13 14
15 16
17 18
19 20
21 22
23 24
25 26
- …earned …hearts … - agitate…
- proud, free nation, decent and civil,
- not loudly and proudly - cannot
- must - will
- will - will
- must - will
- will - will
- will - will
- must - must
- apart and untrusting of each other
- surely - loyal
- can’t - will
- must - will
- will - must
+cap +prop
+prop neg -prop
neg -prop + prop
+ten +ten
+ten +prop
+ten +ten
+ten +ten
+ten +prop
+prop -prop
+ver +prop
-cap +ten
+prop +ten
+ten +prop
President Reagan The people of the world
America Americans
Americans Americans
Americans Americans
Americans Americans
Americans Americans
Bush Sr Bush Sr
Americans Americans
Americans Political Parties
Reaching of limit People in the opposition
supporting Bush Sr Americans
Americans America
Americans Americans
Americans 1
14 17
18 20
21 24
25 26
28 33
33 34
35 41
42 43
48 49
52 53
58 64
65 68
77
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