Overview

Explores the field of Political Linguistics, structuring and developing its concepts, themes and methodologies into combined and coherent Analysis of Political Discourse (APD). This volume is suitable for those looking for a coherent research agenda in explorations of political discourse as a point of reference for their own academic activities.

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Author:   Urszula Okulska (University of Warsaw) ,  Piotr Cap (University of Lódz)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   36
Weight:   0.930kg
ISBN:  

9789027206275

ISBN 10:   9027206279
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   16 June 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements; 2. Part I. Introduction; 3. Chapter 1. Analysis of Political Discourse: Landmarks, challenges and prospects (by Okulska, Urszula); 4. Part II. Classification and naming in political rhetoric; 5. Chapter 2. Political metaphor and bodies politic (by Musolff, Andreas); 6. Chapter 3. New bodies: Beyond illness, dirt, vermin and other metaphors of terror (by Skinner, Dan); 7. Chapter 4. Legitimation through differentiation: Discursive construction of Jacques Le Worm Chirac as an opponent to military action (by Chovanec, Jan); 8. Chapter 5. Labeling and mislabeling in American political discourse: A survey based on insights of independent media monitors (by Molek-Kozakowska, Katarzyna); 9. Part III. Critical insights into political communication; 10. Chapter 6. President Bush's address to the nation on U.S. policy in Iraq: A critical discourse analysis approach (by El-Hussari, Ibrahim A.); 11. Chapter 7. Proximizing objects, proximizing values: Towards an axiological contribution to the discourse of legitimization (by Cap, Piotr); 12. Chapter 8.Friends and allies: The rhetoric of binomial phrases in a corpus of U.S. defense speeches (by Bastow, Tony); 13. Chapter 9. The marketization of institutional discourse: The case of the European Union (by Magistro, Elena); 14. Chapter 10. Performing the world of politics through the discourse of institutional correspondence in Late Middle and Early Modern England (by Okulska, Urszula); 15. Part IV. Voices of mediatized politics; 16. Chapter 11. Hedging in political discourse: The Bush 2007 press conferences (by Fraser, Bruce); 17. Chapter 12. Direct e-communication: Linguistic weapons in a political weblog (by Janoschka, Anja); 18. Chapter 13. The language of political opinion: Discourse, rhetoric and voting behavior (by Moir, James); 19. Chapter 14. Political communication: Mediated by translation (by Schaffner, Christina); 20. Chapter 15. Media practices in reporting political crises (by Kovalyova, Natalia); 21. Part V. Politicizing 'linguistic human rights'; 22. Chapter 16. The practice and politics of multilingualism (by Blackledge, Adrian); 23. Chapter 17. Multilingual development in Germany in the crossfire of ideology and politics (by Pfaff, Carol W.); 24. Chapter 18. Against the assimilationist tide: Nurturing Puerto Rican children's bilingual, bicultural, and academic development in preschool (by Johnson-Beykont, Bruce); 25. Chapter 19. How language affects two components of racial prejudice?: A socio-psychological approach to linguistic relativism (by Bilewicz, Michal); 26. Part VI. Conclusion; 27. Chapter 20. Exploring 'political communication(s)': Contexts, procedures and outlook (by Okulska, Urszula); 28. Contributors; 29. Subject index

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