Understanding Political Persuasion: Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis

2020-04-02 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Douglas Mark Ponton
Release : 2020-04-02
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Understanding Political Persuasion: Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis by : Douglas Mark Ponton

Download or read book Understanding Political Persuasion: Linguistic and Rhetorical Analysis written by Douglas Mark Ponton. This book was released on 2020-04-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book builds on the consolidated research field of Political Discourse Analysis and attempts to provide an introduction suitable for adoption amongst a readership wishing to understand some of the principles underlying such research, and above all to appreciate how the tools of discourse analysis might be applied to actual texts. It summarises some of the work that has been done in this field by authorities such as Halliday, Fairclough, Wodak, Chilton, Van Dijk, Martin, Van Leeuwen and others to provide the would-be analyst with practical ideas for their own research. Naturally, this would not be the first time that such a handbook or introductory reference book has been proposed. Fairclough himself recently produced one; however, his work, simply entitled Political Discourse Analysis, inevitably includes theoretical insights from his own research. The beginning analyst can, at times, experience a sense of bewilderment at the mass of theoretical writing in linguistics, in the search for some practical, usable tools. I explain a variety of such tools, demonstrating their usefulness in application to the analysis of a number of political speeches, from different historical periods and diverse social contexts. The author’s hope is that would-be students of political rhetoric, of whatever level and from a variety of research areas, will be able to pick up this book and find tools and techniques that will assist them in actual work on texts. Naturally, it is also hoped that they will be inspired to follow up the suggestions for further reading which they will find in the bibliography.

Political Persuasion and Attitude Change

1996 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Diana Carole Mutz
Release : 1996
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Political Persuasion and Attitude Change written by Diana Carole Mutz. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces and defines a new field of research on the way political attitudes are influenced and changed

Politics, Persuasion, and Pragmatism

2002 Literary Criticism

Author : Ellen Susan Peel
Release : 2002
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 103/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Politics, Persuasion, and Pragmatism by : Ellen Susan Peel

Download or read book Politics, Persuasion, and Pragmatism written by Ellen Susan Peel. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An addition to the Theory and Interpretation of Narrative series, Peel's book addresses how feminist utopian narratives attempt to persuade readers to adopt certain beliefs. Using three feminist utopian novels as her main examples, The Marriages between Zones Three, Four, and Five by Doris Lessing; The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; and Les Guérillères by Monique Wittig, Peel examines how belief-bridging and protean metaphor in these works persuade readers. Literary persuasion, often dismissed as propaganda, in fact works in subtle and profound ways. The book presents major techniques by which narrative literature exercises this sophisticated influence on beliefs. Ultimately concluding that the pragmatic works better than the static in utopian feminism, Peel shows how, in novels such as those under discussion, the narrative techniques support pragmatism. Inquiring how narrative form can shape political belief by affecting readers' responses, the author integrates topics that are rarely combined. The book investigates three theoretical issues: utopian belief, distinguishing the perfectionism of the static from the vitality of the pragmatic and showing how the latter creates narrative energy; the persuasive process, tracing narrative form and asking how implied readers match real ones and how readers are swayed by belief-bridging and protean metaphor; and feminist belief, a nuanced definition that accounts both for what links feminists and what makes them diverse. Politics, Persuasion, and Pragmatism explores the rhetorical and ethical power of narrative literature.

The Language of Persuasion in Politics

2017-09-27 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Alan Partington
Release : 2017-09-27
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book The Language of Persuasion in Politics written by Alan Partington. This book was released on 2017-09-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible introductory textbook looks at the modern relationship between politicians, the press and the public through the language they employ, with extensive coverage of key topics including: ‘spin’, ‘spin control’ and ‘image’ politics models of persuasion: authority, contrast, association pseudo-logical and ‘post-truth’ arguments political interviewing: difficult questions, difficult answers metaphors and metonymy rhetorical figures humour, irony and satire Extracts from speeches, soundbites, newspapers and blogs, interviews, press conferences, election slogans, social media and satires are used to provide the reader with the tools to discover the beliefs, character and hidden strategies of the would-be persuader, as well as the counter-strategies of their targets. This book demonstrates how the study of language use can help us appreciate, exploit and protect ourselves from the art of persuasion. With a wide variety of practical examples on both recent issues and historically significant ones, every topic is complemented with guiding tasks, queries and exercises with keys and commentaries at the end of each unit. This is the ideal textbook for all introductory courses on language and politics, media language, rhetoric and persuasion, discourse studies and related areas.

Politicians and Rhetoric

2016-01-03 Literary Criticism

Author : J. Charteris-Black
Release : 2016-01-03
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Download or read book Politicians and Rhetoric written by J. Charteris-Black. This book was released on 2016-01-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by major British or American politicians and shows how metaphor is used systematically to create political myths of monsters, villains and heroes. Metaphors are shown to interact with other figures of speech to communicate subliminal meanings by drawing on the unconscious emotional association of words.

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