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Autore |
Cap Piotr |
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Titolo |
Legitimisation in political discourse : a cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric / / Piotr Cap |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-19137-3 |
9786612191374 |
1-4438-0764-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (152 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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320.0140973 |
355.001/4 |
355.0014 |
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Soggetti |
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Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 21st century |
Rhetoric and psychology |
Communication in politics - United States |
War on Terrorism, 2001- |
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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. [130]-139) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; 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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