Who‘s the Real Chrystia Freeland? | Analyzing Freeland’s Two-Faced Northeastern University Speech

How does Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister, address the graduate students in her commencement speech at Northeastern University in Boston? What do her rhetorical strategies reveal about the hidden messages in and agenda behind the speech? Is Freeland as honest and forthcoming as she wants to be perceived, or do her words point to a different truth? These are the questions that this in-depth language analysis and commentary will answer. In her speech, Freeland talks about democracy and change, and she tries to get the graduate students to relate to her narratives, but what do Freeland’s words really mean and expose? Support the work this channel is doing: As an analysis, this video is made according to the terms of ‘fair use’. As a linguist, I’m trained in Statement Analysis and Conversation Analysis. I’m trained in noticing patterns and developments in interview, interrogations and daily interactions. This video has an educational
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