TY - JOUR AU - Martín De La Rosa, Victoria AU - Lázaro, Luis Miguel PY - 2022 DO - 10.1016/j.linged.2022.101117 SN - 08985898 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72611 T2 - Linguistics and Education AB - Following an interdisciplinary approach anchored in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA), this article focuses on a genre which has flourished particularly at US colleges and universities: commencement speeches. The... LA - spa M2 - 101117 PB - Elsevier KW - Critical discourse analysis KW - Critical metaphor analysis KW - Legitimation KW - Meritocracy KW - Commencement address KW - American Dream TI - Legitimating meritocracy as part of the American Dream through the ritual of commencement speeches TY - journal article VL - 72 ER -