Lexical Signaling in US Presidential Statements on Islam

Abstract

The current study aims at investigating the implementation of lexical signaling in US presidential statements on Islam. The study established the notion of lexical signaling through examining different approaches to the phenomenon. The relational conceptual approach to lexical signaling (Marco 1999) was adopted in the analysis of the selected texts. This approach showed its effectiveness in analyzing the selected presidential statements and uncovering the attitudes of the text makers towards Islam.