Overall, the monograph offers an innovative approach to understanding the complex relation between language and politics. It provides a wonderful toolkit for pragmatic analysis, while dealing with both the general and the specific aspects of presidential language.

Yansheng Mao (Harbin Engineering University), Discourse and Communication (Sage)

this is a volume of academic research that bridges a crevice in the sphere of pragmatics, which keeps us abreast of new, emergent ideas for probing into the presidential language with outstanding social impact.

Yi Sun and Mengjiao Zhang, Journal of Language and Politics

The book is very rich in detailed analyses of various aspects of language use...Wilson emphasizes that the aim of the book is to provide insights into particular examples of presidential language from a pragmatic perspective, and not to present a coherent theory of presidential language nor to resolve theoretical disputes within pragmatics. This is also what makes the book exciting, informative, and valuable not least for the readers planning their own studies on the language of politics.

Mats Ekström, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly