Silence and concealment in political discourse / Melani Schröter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schröter, Melani.

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture ; v. 48.

Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture, 1569-9463 ; v. 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis--Political aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Language and languages--Political aspects.

Language and languages.

Silence.

Communication--Political aspects.

Communication.

Communication in politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book constitutes a significant contribution to political discourse analysis and to the study of silence, both from the point of view of discourse analysis as well as pragmatics, and it is also relevant for those interested in politics and media studies. It promotes the empirical study of silence by analysing metadiscourse about politicians' silence and by systematically conceptualising the communicativeness of silence in the interplay between intention (to be silent), expectation (of speech) and relevance (of the unsaid). Three cases of sustained metadiscourse about silent politicians fro

Contents:

Silence and Concealment in Political Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of abbreviations; Notes on translations in this book:; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Intention, expectation and relevance; 2.1 The physical absence of speech; 2.2 Making sense of the absence of speech; 2.3 Context; 2.4 Communicativeness of silence in political discourse; Chapter 3. Empirical study of silence; 3.1 Why metadiscourse?; 3.2 What metadiscourse?; 3.3 Critical discourse analysis of metadiscourse

Chapter 4. Remaining silent and waiting until the dust settles 4.1 Overt refusal to reveal; 4.2 Evasion; 4.3 The meaning of silence: Claims and challenges; 4.3.1 Not knowing about X; 4.3.2 A question of honour; 4.3.3 Right as a witness to remain silent; 4.4 Expectations of speech; 4.5 Taking expectations into account: Kohl emphasizes his readiness to speak out; 4.6 Conclusion: The extent of silence; Chapter 5. Dangerous intelligence; 5.1 The meanings of silence; 5.2 Expectations of speech; 5.3 Claiming and challenging reasonable silence; 5.4 Claiming and challenging guilty silence

5.5 Conclusion: Handling secrecy and revelation Chapter 6. Hiding or highlighting; 6.1 Dr Merkel's collected silences; 6.2 Expectations of speech; 6.3 Silence as rhetorical strategy; 6.4 Silence as gendered rhetorical strategy?; 6.5 Conclusion; Chapter 7. What needs to be said; 7.1 Democracy, transparency, publicity; 7.2 Communicative culture; 7.3 Who cares: Advocates of the demand to speak out; 7.4 Democratic rituals and reinforced ideals; References; Archive Material; Chapter 4 Parliamentary Inquiry; Hearing protocols; Chapter 5 Parliamentary Inquiry; Hearing protocols; Literature

Appendix. German originals of translated quotations from primary sources Author index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789027272102

9027272107

OCLC:

843860478