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Legitimisation in political discourse : a cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric / Piotr Cap.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cap, Piotr.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History--21st century.
- Rhetoric.
- Rhetoric and psychology.
- Communication in politics--United States.
- Communication in politics.
- War on Terrorism, 2001-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2006.
- 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; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; 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. [130]-139) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-19137-3
- 9786612191374
- 1-4438-0764-8
- OCLC:
- 816312223
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