The Pragmatics of Political Discourse
Explorations across cultures
1st Edition
Published on 29. January 2013
VI, 246 pages
978-90-272-7239-3 (ISBN)
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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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The multilayered and multifaceted nature of political discourse
Anita Fetzer
Part I. Political discourse from above
On the metapragmatics of British, German and Russian political questions and answers
Maria Sivenkova
The discursive practice of addressing in the Romanian Parliament
Razvan Saftoiu
Part II. Political discourse mediated
Argumentation in broadcast election campaign discourse: Towards a rhetorical reconstruction
Margareth Sandvik
Strategic manoeuvring in a political interview: The case of responding to an accusation of inconsistency
Corina Andone
The communication of certainty and uncertainty in Italian political media discourses
Ilaria Riccioni, Ramona Bongelli and Andrzej Zuczkowski
Political irony: Constructing reciprocal positioning in the news interview
Elda Weizman
Part III. Political discourse from below
The effect of irony in radio talk-back programmes in Israel
Zohar Livnat and Gonen Dori-Hacohen
'Motions of support' and the communicative act of thanking in political discourse
Eric A. Anchimbe
Index of names
Index of terms
Anita Fetzer
Part I. Political discourse from above
On the metapragmatics of British, German and Russian political questions and answers
Maria Sivenkova
The discursive practice of addressing in the Romanian Parliament
Razvan Saftoiu
Part II. Political discourse mediated
Argumentation in broadcast election campaign discourse: Towards a rhetorical reconstruction
Margareth Sandvik
Strategic manoeuvring in a political interview: The case of responding to an accusation of inconsistency
Corina Andone
The communication of certainty and uncertainty in Italian political media discourses
Ilaria Riccioni, Ramona Bongelli and Andrzej Zuczkowski
Political irony: Constructing reciprocal positioning in the news interview
Elda Weizman
Part III. Political discourse from below
The effect of irony in radio talk-back programmes in Israel
Zohar Livnat and Gonen Dori-Hacohen
'Motions of support' and the communicative act of thanking in political discourse
Eric A. Anchimbe
Index of names
Index of terms
