Explorations in Political Discourse

Piotr Cap

ISBN 10: 363138937X / ISBN 13: 9783631389379

Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2002, 2002

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Neuware -The book presents an application of inductive and deductive research modes in an analysis of political discourse. The discussion is illustrated with text samples from inaugural addresses of US presidents and various speeches given by prominent NATO politicians. It is argued that both analytic approaches have their inherent inadequacies, which poses a need for an integrated research mode. Also, numerous observations are made about the rhetoric of the analyzed text types. 228 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Explorations in Political Discourse
• Editore: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Feb 2002
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 363138937X
• ISBN 13: 9783631389379
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 210 L x 148 A x 13 P (millimetri) 210 millimetri di larghezza per 148 millimetri di altezza per 13 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 301 grammi

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The book presents an application of inductive and deductive research modes in an analysis of political discourse. The discussion is illustrated with text samples from inaugural addresses of US presidents and various speeches given by prominent NATO politicians. It is argued that both analytic approaches have their inherent inadequacies, which poses a need for an integrated research mode. Also, numerous observations are made about the rhetoric of the analyzed text types.

Informazioni sull?autore

The Author : Piotr Cap received his Ph.D. from the University of ? ód ? , where he is currently Assistant Professor. He collected most of the data for the "Explorations..." while carrying out research at UC Berkeley in 1997-98. His interests are primarily in pragmatics, political linguistics and methodology of analysis.