Linguistic and rhetorical perspectives on congressional hearings / Cinzia Giglioni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giglioni, Cinzia, author.

Series:

Sprachwissenschaft

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hearing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Frank et Timme, Verlag für wissenschaftliche Literatur, [2020]

Summary:

Long description: Congressional hearings are often the most requested government documents in US libraries. However, among the genres that have been traditionally of interest to political discourse analysts – e.g. political speeches, political interviews, policy documents – hearings have not been of much scrutiny on the part of discourse scholars, an attitude somehow contrasting with the lay public’s interest. Cinzia Giglioni takes the opportunity to gain a unique view into the actors, the interested parties, the issues, from a linguistic and rhetorical perspective. Her intent is to provide an in-depth analysis of witnesses’ opening statements, which are probably the most salient parts in a congressional hearing. The investigation begins with, but is not constricted by, theoretical aspects, which are integrated with empirical observations and suggestions for critical reading.

Biographical note: Cinzia Giglioni holds a research and teaching position at the Department of Political Sciences of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Her research interests span from second language acquisition to discourse analysis, especially in the context of LSP research. Her most recent contributions focus on the linguistic aspects of corporate and political communication. She regularly collaborates with various international research groups, including CLAVIER (The Corpus and Language Variation in English Research Group) and GERAS (Groupe d’ Étude et de Recherche en Anglais de Spécialité).

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2 - DEFINING THE OBJECT OF INVESTIGATION: CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS AS A GENRE OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE

CHAPTER 3 - APOLOGETIC DISCOURSE IN CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS

CHAPTER 4 - MOVES STRUCTURE AND SELF-REPRESENTATION IN WITNESSES' OPENING STATEMENT

CHAPTER 5 - DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONGRESSIONAL HEARING: RHETORICAL ORGANISATION AND AUTHORS' STANCE

CHAPTER 6 - THE MEDIATISATION OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE: THE CASE OF CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS

SHORT CONCLUDING REMARKS

REFERENCES

Appendix I

Appendix II.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

PublicationDate: 20200807

ISBN:

3-7329-9344-2