02715nam 2200661Ia 450 991046259750332120200520144314.01-4438-4553-1(CKB)2670000000327226(EBL)1114308(OCoLC)827209248(SSID)ssj0000941668(PQKBManifestationID)11586516(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000941668(PQKBWorkID)10963936(PQKB)10929938(MiAaPQ)EBC1114308(Au-PeEL)EBL1114308(CaPaEBR)ebr10652826(CaONFJC)MIL497216(EXLCZ)99267000000032722620101104d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLegitimisation in political discourse[electronic resource] a cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric /by Piotr Cap2nd rev. ed.Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. Cambridge Scholars Pub.20101 online resource (190 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-2569-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-170) and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE 2ND EDITION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXHow 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...War on Terrorism, 2001-2009Iraq War, 2003-2011RhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesEnglish languageUnited StatesRhetoricDiscourse analysisUnited StatesElectronic books.War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.Iraq War, 2003-2011.RhetoricPolitical aspectsEnglish languageRhetoric.Discourse analysis306.44355.001/4355.0014Cap Piotr751111MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462597503321Legitimisation in political discourse1905311UNINA