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Legitimisation in political discourse : a cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric / by Piotr Cap.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cap, Piotr.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
- Rhetoric.
- English language--United States--Rhetoric.
- English language.
- Discourse analysis--United States.
- Discourse analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE 2ND EDITION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-170) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-4553-1
- OCLC:
- 827209248
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