The discursive styles of Quebec Prime Ministers from Jean Lesage to Jean Charest ; Les styles discursifs des premiers ministres québécois de Jean Lesage à Jean Charest

Abstract

The shape, style of politicians are revealing their personalities and communication strategies. To analyse the styles of Quebec Prime Ministers, a body of 789 official speeches from 1960 to 2005 was subjected to quantitative stylistic analysis. We analysed the grammatical categories, the handling of verbs and names, the length and structure of sentences. This statistical comparison shows significant differences between prime ministers and also reveals the communication strategy favoured by each of them. ; International audience The style of politician speeches reveals their personalities and their communication strategies. In order to analyse the style of Quebec prime ministers, from 1960 to 2005, a corpus of 789 speeches have been built up and a quantitative stylistic analysis has been applied to it. The main indicators used are the grammatical categories, especially the verbs and pronouns, the length and the structure of sentences. This statistical comparison shows some important differences between the styles of the prime ministers and between the communication strategies they have followed. ; The shape, style of politicians are revealing their personalities and communication strategies. To analyse the styles of Quebec Prime Ministers, a body of 789 official speeches from 1960 to 2005 was subjected to quantitative stylistic analysis. We analysed the grammatical categories, the handling of verbs and names, the length and structure of sentences. This statistical comparison shows significant differences between prime ministers and also reveals the communication strategy favoured by each of them. ; La forme, le style des hommes politiques sont révélateurs de leurs personnalités et de leurs stratégies de communication. Pour analyser les styles des premiers ministres québécois, un corpus comprenant 789 discours officiels prononcés de 1960 à 2005 a été soumis à une analyse stylistique quantitative. Nous avons analysé les catégories grammaticales, le maniement des verbes et des noms, la longueur et la structure des ...