a worldwide examination of language used in the public sphere /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Ofer Feldman and Christ'l de Landtsheer.
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, Conn. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Praeger,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1998.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (x, 212 pages) :
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illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction to the study of political discourse / Christ'l De Landtsheer -- The pervasiveness of Islam in contemporary Arab political discourse : the cases of Sadat and Arafat / Raphael Israeli -- The changing political language of Germany / Christa Lang-Pfaff -- The political language of Japan : decoding what politicians mean from what they say / Ofer Feldman -- The rhetoric of Jewish cohesion and territorial attachment in Rabbinic Midrashim / Carol B. Conaway -- Pragmatic ambiguity and partisanship in Russia's emerging democracy / Richard D. Anderson, Jr. -- The crisis tool in American political discourse / Amos Kiewe -- Discourse as a stage for political actors : an analysis of presidential addresses in Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela / Maritza Montero and Isabel Rodriguez-Mora -- The method of argumentation of Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the French extreme right wing, in an important political television program / Simone Bonnafous -- The media, the markets, and the crash : a consideration of financial press narratives / Matthew G. Sorley -- The political rhetoric of a unified Europe / Christ'l De Landtsheer -- Political interviews : television interviews in Great Britain / Peter Bull -- Functions of recent U.S. presidential slogans / Herbert Barry III -- Political language in an environmental controversy : integrative complexity and motive imagery in advocacy propaganda and the press / Peter Suedfeld, Loraine Lavallee, and Jennifer Brough -- Post-realism, just war, and the Gulf War debate / Francis A. Beer and Robert Hariman.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The characteristics, nature, and content of the language used in the public sphere of various Western and non-Western societies are examined in this collection of essays. They also analyze the link between culture, political culture, and the language politicians use in their symbolic interaction.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Title
Politically speaking.
International Standard Book Number
9780275961220
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Discourse analysis-- Political aspects.
Rhetoric-- Political aspects.
Analyse du discours-- Aspect politique.
Discours politique.
Discourse analysis-- Political aspects.
Discourse analysis.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Historical & Comparative.