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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823341603321

Autore

Partington Alan

Titolo

The linguistics of political argument : the spin-doctor and the wolf-pack at the White House / / Alan Partington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-134-44621-7

1-134-44622-5

0-415-28713-8

1-280-07013-7

0-203-21825-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ; ; 4

Disciplina

808.5/1/088351

Soggetti

Rhetoric - Political aspects

Persuasion (Rhetoric)

Discourse analysis - Political aspects

Press and politics - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword: The spin-doctor and the wolf-pack Introduction: Corpora, discourse, politics and the press 1. Briefings as a type of discourse 2. Footing: Who says what to whom 3. Voices of the press 4. Voices of the podium 5. Footing shift for attribution: 'According to the New York Times this morning' 6. 'Rules of Engagement': The interpersonal relationship between the podium and the press 7. Politics, power and politeness 8. Conflict talk 9. The form of words 10. Metaphors of the world 11. Rhetoric, bluster and on-line gaffes 12. Evasion and pursuit 13. General Conclusions

Sommario/riassunto

This text examines the relationship between the White House, in the person of its press secretary, and the press corps through a linguistic analysis of the language used by both sides.