Legitimisation in political discourse
Subtitle: a cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric
By: by Piotr Cap
Edition: 2nd rev. ed.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781443845533; 9781443825696
Subjects: War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Rhetoric; English language; Discourse analysis; Linguistics; Iraq War; Propaganda; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Essays; Government; General; National; Reference; Political aspects
Description: How did the G.W. Bush administration manage to persuade Americans to go to war in Iraq in March 2003? How was this intervention, and the global campaign named as "war-on-terror," legitimised linguistically? This book shows that the best legitimisation effects in political discourse are accomplished through the use of "proximization"--A cognitive-rhetorical strategy that draws on the speaker's ability to present events as directly and increasingly affecting the addressee, usually in a negative ...
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-170) and index.