The Pragmatics of Political Discourse (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027256330 ISBN 13: 9789027256331

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013

Synopsis

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9027256330
• ISBN 13: 9789027256331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 252
• Editor: Fetzer Anita