Understanding political persuasion : linguistic and rhetorical analysis /
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| Author / Creator: | Ponton, Douglas Mark, author. |
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| Imprint: | Wilmington, Delaware, United States : Vernon Press, [2020] |
| Description: | 1 online resource ( xiii, 227 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Series in language and linguistics Series in language and linguistics. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13119791 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- From 'is' to 'ought': deontic modality in persuasive political rhetoric
- Rhetoric and argumentation in Edmund Burke's Conciliation with America, March 22nd 1775
- Benjamin Disraeli. Vindication of purchase of the Suez Canal shares, 14th Feb. 1876
- Winston Churchill's speech: 'their finest hour', June 18th 1940
- Malcolm X vs. Martin Luther King
- Information structure in Gerry Adams' speech on disarming the IRA, April 6th, 2005
- From Bears to Wolves: Republican rhetoric in the Cold War and the War on Terror
- Time to get our country back? UKIP visual and verbal metaphors for Europe
- Conclusion.
