Explorations in Political Discourse; Methodological and Critical Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9783631389379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 226 str.

Piotr Cap;Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk;Patrick James Melia

Opis

The book presents an application of inductive and deductive research modes in an analysis of political discourse. The discussion is illustrated with text samples from inaugural addresses of US presidents and various speeches given by prominent NATO politicians. It is argued that both analytic approaches have their inherent inadequacies, which poses a need for an integrated research mode. Also, numerous observations are made about the rhetoric of the analyzed text types.

Spis treści

Contents: Pragmatics - Discourse analysis - Political monologue - Rhetoric - Methodology of linguistic research.

O autorze

The Author: Piotr Cap received his Ph.D. from the University of Lódz, where he is currently Assistant Professor. He collected most of the data for the «Explorations...» while carrying out research at UC Berkeley in 1997-98. His interests are primarily in pragmatics, political linguistics and methodology of analysis.