05029nam 2200637Ia 450 991045308730332120200520144314.01-299-44020-790-272-7239-5(CKB)2550000001018346(EBL)1161968(OCoLC)836403365(SSID)ssj0000856616(PQKBManifestationID)11471366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000856616(PQKBWorkID)10807666(PQKB)10098673(MiAaPQ)EBC1161968(Au-PeEL)EBL1161968(CaPaEBR)ebr10682153(CaONFJC)MIL475270(EXLCZ)99255000000101834620121017d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Pragmatics of political discourse[electronic resource] explorations across cultures /Edited by Anita Fetzer, University of AugsburgAmsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins20131 online resource (252 p.)Pragmatics & beyond new series,0922-842X ;Volume 228Description based upon print version of record.90-272-5633-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.The Pragmatics of Political Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; The multilayered and multifaceted nature of political discourse; 1. Introduction; 2. The dynamics of political discourse; The contributions; Acknowledgement; References; I. Political discourse from above: Parliamentary discourse; On the metapragmatics of British, German and Russian political questions and answers; 1. Introduction; 2. The types of critical meta-moves in political question-answer sessions; 3. The types of meta-responses in political question-answer sessions4. Patterns of metacommunicative counter-attacks in question-answer sessions 5. Concluding remarks; References; The discursive practice of addressing in the Romanian Parliament; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous work on parliamentary debates; 3. Setting the scene; 4. Description of the corpus; 5. Initial discursive practices: Forms of address in the Romanian Parliament; 6. Discussion; 7. Conclusion; References; II. Political discourse mediated: Interviews; Argumentation in broadcast election campaign discourse: Towards a rhetorical reconstruction; 1. Introduction; 2. Reconstruction procedures3. Election campaign discourse 4. Towards a rhetorical reconstruction; References; Appendix; Strategic manoeuvring in a political interview: The case of responding to an accusation of inconsist; 1. Introduction; 2. Accusations of inconsistency as a form of criticism; 3. Exploiting commitments in political interviews; 4. Strategic manoeuvering in practice; 5. Conclusion; References; The communication of certainty and uncertainty in Italian political media discourses; 1. Introduction; 2. The study; 3. Conclusions; References; Transcription notes; AppendixPolitical irony: Constructing reciprocal positioning in the news interview 1. Introduction; 2. Positioning; 3. Direct and indirect positioning; 4. Conclusion; References; III. Political discourse from below: Phone-ins and letters; The effect of irony in radio talk-back programmes in Israel; 1. Introduction; 2. The effect of irony; 3. Corpus; 4. Analysis: Zehavi's use of irony; 5. Conclusions; References; 'Motions of support' and the communicative act of thanking in political discourse; Prologue; 1. Introduction; 2. Motions of support and the public-private sphere3. Thanking as speech act or communicative act 4. Political discourse and sociocultural norms; 5. Thanking in MoS: Towards a taxonomy; 6. Wording and intention in MoS; 7. Conclusion; References; Index of names; Index of termsUsing political discourses produced from below, i.e. by the common people in Cameroon rather than by prominent politicians, this chapter illustrates how the social act of thanking is realised in the written political discourse sub-genre called 'motions of support'. These are letters read on radio or TV or published in newspapers, addressed to the president thanking him for a political favour or action deemed beneficial to the group writing the motion. In most of these open letters, groups of people extend thanks to the president for appointing a member of their community, ethnic group, town,Pragmatics & beyond ;new ser., 228.Discourse analysisPolitical aspectsPragmaticsElectronic books.Discourse analysisPolitical aspects.Pragmatics.320.01/4Fetzer Anita1958-863928MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453087303321The Pragmatics of political discourse1928538UNINA