02674nam 2200661Ia 450 991081526930332120200520144314.01-282-19137-397866121913741-4438-0764-8(CKB)2430000000015354(EBL)1133123(OCoLC)816312223(SSID)ssj0000301599(PQKBManifestationID)11223926(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301599(PQKBWorkID)10283987(PQKB)10616165(MiAaPQ)EBC1133123(Au-PeEL)EBL1133123(CaPaEBR)ebr10677161(CaONFJC)MIL219137(OCoLC)1199300939(FINmELB)ELB137071(EXLCZ)99243000000001535420061205d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLegitimisation in political discourse a cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric /Piotr CapNewcastle-upon-Tyne Cambridge Scholars20061 online resource (152 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84718-080-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [130]-139) and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; 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 ...RhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory21st centuryRhetoric and psychologyCommunication in politicsUnited StatesWar on Terrorism, 2001-RhetoricPolitical aspectsHistoryRhetoric and psychology.Communication in politicsWar on Terrorism, 2001-320.0140973355.001/4355.0014Cap Piotr751111MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815269303321Legitimisation in political discourse3918393UNINA