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Legitimisation in political discourse [[electronic resource] ] : a cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric / / Piotr Cap



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Autore: Cap Piotr Visualizza persona
Titolo: Legitimisation in political discourse [[electronic resource] ] : a cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric / / Piotr Cap Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2006
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (152 p.)
Disciplina: 320.0140973
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355.0014
Soggetto topico: Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 21st century
Rhetoric and psychology
Communication in politics - United States
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [130]-139) and index.
Nota di contenuto: TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Sommario/riassunto: 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 ...
Titolo autorizzato: Legitimisation in political discourse  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-19137-3
9786612191374
1-4438-0764-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456831703321
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