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dc.contributor.authorDrzewiecki, Margaret
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-15T20:13:50Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T14:27:02Z
dc.date.available2020-04-15T20:13:50Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T14:27:02Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/98
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the way language constructs and reinforces national identity. In other words, I am examining how the role of the “citizen” is defined within the confines of language. Using a primarily sociolinguistic lens, my thesis analyzes the language used in political speeches and legal documents (including U.S. legislation; judicial opinions of Associate Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson; and speeches of former Lieutenant Governor of New York Stanley N. Lundine). In doing so, I explain how the American “citizen” has been constructed through language utilized in various formats and contexts. Overall, my thesis is a reflection on what it has meant and currently means to be “American” alongside an examination of how citizenship status is attained.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherState University of New York at Fredoniaen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectAmerican citizenshipen_US
dc.subjectJackson, Robert H., 1892-1954en_US
dc.subjectSpeeches, addresses, etc.en_US
dc.title‘Sign’ing the Nation’s Contract: Constructing the Walls of American Citizenshipen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-06-22T14:27:02Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY at Fredonia


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