Framing the Rhetoric of a Leader

M. Degani

ISBN 10: 1349501018 / ISBN 13: 9781349501014

Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK Jan 2015, 2015

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Based on a selection of 30 election campaign speeches during Obama's first run for the American presidency in 2008, this book investigates the Democratic presidential candidate's much celebrated rhetoric from a cognitive semantics point of view. 328 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Framing the Rhetoric of a Leader
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Jan 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349501018
• ISBN 13: 9781349501014
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 18D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 414 grams

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Synopsis

Based on a selection of 30 election campaign speeches during Obama's first run for the American presidency in 2008, this book investigates the Democratic presidential candidate's much celebrated rhetoric from a cognitive semantics point of view.

About the Author

Marta Degani is Senior Lecturer of English Linguistics at the University of Verona, Italy. Her research interests include cognitive semantics, varieties of English and discourse analysis. She has published mostly on the analysis of political discourse and the study of bilingualism in the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand.