Constrained chronotopic agency and embodied scaling in Zelensky’s wartime speeches
Journal: Language and Semiotic Studies
Year: 2025

Abstract This study examines how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s wartime speeches (2022–2024) strategically mobilize chronotopes and scalar configurations to construct political legitimacy, forge transnational alliances, and choreograph diplomatic action under geopolitical duress. Synergizing linguistic anthropology, narrative theory, and multimodal discourse analysis, it introduces two original concepts, namely constrained chronotopic agency and embodied scaling to theorize how leaders