Politics as text and talk : analytic approaches to political discourse / edited by Paul Chilton, Christina Schaffner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chilton, Paul A. (Paul Anthony)

Schäffner, Christina.

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 4.

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture, 1569-9463 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis--Political aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Human beings are political animals. They are also articulate mammals. How are these two aspects linked? This is a question that is only beginning to be explored. The present collection makes a contribution to the investigations into the use of language in those situations which, informally and intuitively, we call 'political'. Such an approach is revealing not only for politics itself but also for the human language capacity.Each chapter outlines a particular method or analytic approach and illustrates its application to a contemporary political issue, institution or mode of political behaviour. As a whole, the collection aims to give a sample of current research in the field. It will interest those who are beginning to carry the research paradigm forward, as well as provide an introduction for newcomers, whether they come from neighbouring or remote disciplines or from none.

Contents:

Politics as Text and Talk

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction. Themes and principles in the analysis of political discourse

Part I: Institutions and Identities

Chapter 2: Politicization and depoliticization. Employment policy in the European Union

Chapter 3: Phraseological units in parliamentary discourse

Chapter 4: Ceremonial text and talk. A functional-pragmatic approach

Chapter 5: Fragmented identities. Redefining and recontextualizing national identity

Part II: Interaction and Cognition

Chapter 6: 'Put bluntly, you have something of a credibility problem'. Sincerity and credibility in political interviews

Chapter 7: Political discourse and political cognition

Index

In the series DISCOURSE APPROACHES TO POLITICS, SOCIETY AND CULTURE (DAPSAC).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612161568

9781282161566

1282161563

9789027296979

9027296979