The Pragmatics of Political Discourse
Explorations across cultures
Published on 29. January 2013
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Hardback
246 pages
978-90-272-5633-1 (ISBN)
Description
The volume promotes a pragmatic perspective to the analysis of political discourse as multilayered mediated discourse. The chapters cross the disciplinary and methodological boundaries of speech act theory, social positioning theory, and argumentation theory and rhetorics. They address the strategic use of address terms and irony, the form and function of questions, and the expression of certainty in the contexts of parliamentary discourse, interview, talkshow, phone-in programme and motion of support across different discourse domains. Different cultural contexts are represented, including Africa, the Middle East, different parts of Europe and the United States.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
+ index
Weight
605 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-5633-1 (9789027256331)
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Content
1. The multilayered and multifaceted nature of political discourse (by Fetzer, Anita); 2. Part I. Political discourse from above: Parliamentary discourse; 3. On the metapragmatics of British, German and Russian political questions and answers (by Sivenkova, Maria); 4. The discursive practice of addressing in the Romanian Parliament (by Saftoiu, Razvan); 5. Part II. Political discourse mediated: Interviews; 6. Argumentation in broadcast election campaign discourse: Towards a rhetorical reconstruction (by Sandvik, Margareth); 7. Strategic manoeuvring in a political interview: The case of responding to an accusation of inconsistency (by Andone, Corina); 8. The communication of certainty and uncertainty in Italian political media discourses (by Riccioni, Ilaria); 9. Political irony: Constructing reciprocal positioning in the news interview (by Weizman, Elda); 10. Part III. Political discourse from below: Phone-ins and letters; 11. The effect of irony in radio talk-back programmes in Israel (by Livnat, Zohar); 12. 'Motions of support' and the communicative act of thanking in political discourse (by Anchimbe, Eric A.); 13. Index of names; 14. Index of terms