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Bista, Krishna K. – Online Submission, 2009
In this article I address a hitherto used buzz phrase in English, "Yes, we can." This phrase represents various forms of meanings--challenge, possibility, ability, permission and opportunity in social, political and linguistics domains. I consider the syntactic and the semantic properties of "Yes, we can." I also compare its conventional usages…
Descriptors: Political Campaigns, Presidents, Sociolinguistics, Popular Culture