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Clevedon (UK); Philadelphia: Multilingual Matters, 1997. — v. 88 p. — (Current Issues in Language and Society). — ISBN 13: 97805851 47000.This volume deals with political speeches, particularly commemorative addresses, from the perspective of critical discourse analysis.One problem in the complex of language and politics, however, is how to define what is political. Particularly in the twentieth century, as a result of the massive expansion of print and electronic media, more and more people are exposed to discourse that may be characterised as political in nature. In addition, more and more people are involved in their daily life in political action, by, for example, being asked to cast their votes in an election, or by watching the news on TV or reading a newspaper, or simply by talking with friends about the consequences which recent decisions of the government might have for each individual. The opportunities for each person to be more or less actively involved in political discourse have increased enormously. Looked at it from the point of view of linguistics and discourse analysis, we have to admit that political language, political discourse, and political text themselves ar

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Author

Schäffner Christina (Editor)

Publisher

Multilingual Matters Limited

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585147000

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Linguistics