Voice in political discourse : Castro, Chávez, Bush and their strategic use of language
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Voice in political discourse : Castro, Chávez, Bush and their strategic use of language
Bloomsbury, 2013, c2011
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Kobe Shoin Women's University Library / Kobe Shoin Women's College Library
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"First published by Continuum International Publishing Group 2011. Paperback edition first published 2013"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Politicians enact three main roles in political discourse - narrator, interlocutor and character - to achieve specific goals. This book explains these roles and how they constitute discursive strategies, correlating with political aims. In short: politicians evoke voices in discourse to strategically position themselves in relation to social actors and events. The book describes these strategies and analyzes the manner in which they are employed by three very different politicians - Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez and George W. Bush. The roles are studied cross-culturally and from different ideological backgrounds.
This book explains how political ideologies are constructed, defined and redefined by linguistic means, showing specific ways in which politicians manipulate language to achieve the goals on their political agenda. It applies new methodological approaches to the analysis of political discourse and also contributes to the sparse literature on political discourse analysis of Spanish-speaking politicians.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Language and Politics
3. The Narrator's Role
4. The Interlocutor's Role
5. The Role of Character
6.Comparative Analysis
7. Conclusion
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Index
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