Папірна, Юлія Ігорівна (2025) The language of lying in Elizabeth Holmes’s talks [Composition] Другий (магістерський). Шифр академічної групи: МЛАм-1-23-2,0з. Дата захисту: 19.06.2025, Київський столичний університет імені Бориса Грінченка.
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Abstract
The cultivation of one's own image directly affects the development of a personal brand. In the case of Elizabeth Holmes, her statements and public presence had a significant impact on the development and subsequent collapse of her company, Theranos, a blood-testing venture. With the help of the media, she nurtured the narratives such as “affordability” and “accessibility” that are recognised issues in the US healthcare. Holmes claimed to provide a solution, yet failed to deliver a much-needed remedy to this problem. Nonetheless, she managed to draw the attention of the general public. This paper focuses predominantly on foregrounding elements in Holmes' speeches. Its main purpose is to elicit a pattern occurring in her talks. Deviations and parallelisms present in those speeches closely correlate with the deception cues and, therefore, are taken into account and referred to interchangeably. Such a correlation is based on the shared intent, namely, influencing the receiver/listener. We hold that parallelism and deviation are present both on the vocal and verbal levels and manifest throughout different interviews and talks. We also considered temporal relations as part of stylistic choice, with a strong emphasis on the present. As a result, we distinguished some of the patterns that though share common characteristics and foregrounding elements are still distinct enough to recognise. Despite our initial assumptions of foregrounding elements indicating deceitful speech, we couldn’t fully commit to this idea due to other factors taking place (e.g., setting, excitement, etc). Yet at the same time, we can state that the patterns in question could partially correspond to the idea. In the conclusion, we considered the possible expansion of the work to a full-fledged comparative analysis. We assume that Holmes could have developed her distinct speaking style based on the public figures of that time.
| Item Type: | Composition (Другий (магістерський)) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | deviation; Elizabeth Holmes; foregrounding; parallelism |
| Шифр освітньої програми: | 035.041.01 |
| Шифр академічної групи: | МЛАм-1-23-2,0з |
| ПІБ наукового керівника: | Чеснокова Ганна Вадимівна |
| Дата захисту: | 19.06.2025 |
| Місце захисту: | Київський столичний університет імені Бориса Грінченка |
| Subjects: | Qualification works of applicants > Мова і література (англійська) |
| Divisions: | Факультет романо-германської філології > Кафедра лінгвістики та перекладу |
| Depositing User: | Катерина Петрівна Коробова |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2025 08:40 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2025 08:40 |
| URI: | https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/53729 |
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