North American Government Discourse

Does the North American government assume the majority of people are dim? Does the North American government have the society’s best interest at heart? Or does the North American government care more for those individuals who have “power” and influence, in not only domestic relations, but global relations also. The goal of this paper is to describe how America “talks” about its role in the world as well as how it coveys its lexicon regarding foreign policy. However, in these methodologies the North American government articulates about the way it directs itself to its people and the globe; the messages can be nebulous, omission of subjects or thoughts should be considering alarming. This paper will describe the events of foreign relations

Language is a tool, and with this tool comes a responsibility, not only to use it wisely, but use it ethically. Ethics plays a role in language selection since it would be assumed that political members apply ethics in the daily actions, especially when applying and explaining foreign and domestic policy discourse to the masses. Before this idea is explained in detail, it is important to note that language also has another clear goal; in order to be as persuasive as possible, it is imperative for language to be as clear as possible. With clarity comes less vagueness and ambiguity, and with less vagueness and ambiguity a sense of greater acceptances from the masses is to be anticipated. Language and the economy of language is important, it is imperative not to overwhelm people with too much choice of words, as opposed to trying to help build a persuasive argument a policy wants to make clear, it can hinder the message, if words can be omitted to make a message clearer, then it is recommended to gauge the audience in which the discourse is targeting and make any necessary adjustments. As spoken in class, if the target is known, and a common goal is identifiable, then moving the discourses parts like chess pieces to better become situated for the battle is likely advised. As written in the preceding

The metaphors main goal is to take an existing thought in the audiences mind and affiliate it with a message or concept (usually persuasive) that the author has in mind, therefore using the metaphor as a sort of medium of vehicle to propel the targeted concept for the audience to a meaningful resting point were an agreement of the idea can be reached. Metaphors allow the author of persuasive discourse to use fewer words when conveying persuasive thoughts. The aspect of language economy comes to mind here, simply put the fewer complex words needed, the likelihood of agreeableness with the use of metaphors is obtainable. The society of North America is filled with metaphors the people associate with in order to not only justify actions, but to also convey messages that are hard to explain with multiple words. People use elaborate metaphors for multiple means which can be effective with the economy aspect of language usage. However, these metaphors can prove to be detrimental also since the metaphor does not allow (at times) for people to convey any other idea. Furhtermore the metaphor has a cemented notion, and going against this notion is going against historic validity, which can be received with ridicule since it would be considered going against the “status-quo.” The following metaphor: “The wheels of justice move slowly” is a great example as to