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UNINA9910462597503321 |
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Autore |
Cap Piotr |
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Titolo |
Legitimisation in political discourse [[electronic resource] ] : a cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric / / by Piotr Cap |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010 |
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Edizione |
[2nd rev. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (190 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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306.44 |
355.001/4 |
355.0014 |
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Soggetti |
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 |
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States |
English language - United States - Rhetoric |
Discourse analysis - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-170) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE 2ND EDITION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How did the G. W. Bush administration manage to persuade Americans to go to war in Iraq in March 2003? How was this intervention, and the global campaign named as "war-on-terror," legitimised linguistically? This book shows that the best legitimisation effects in political discourse are accomplished through the use of "proximization"-a cognitive-rhetorical strategy that draws on the speaker's ability to present events as directly and increasingly affecting the addressee, usually in a negative... |
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