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This bestselling introductory textbook examines the relationship between politicians, the press and the public through the language they employ. It is now fully revised with new material on delegitimisation, 'fake news', disinformation, (self-)censorship, 'conspiracy theories' and 'Zombie' narratives.

Über den Autor

Alan Partington has been Professor of English Linguistics at the Universities of Camerino and Bologna, Italy, at the School of Political Science and the Department for Interpreters and Translators. He is the author of The Linguistics of Political Argument and The Linguistics of Laughter, both published by Routledge, and was the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Corpora and Discourse.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures and tablesPrefaceAcknowledgements

Unit 1: Politics, the media and us: The language of persuasion

Unit 2: But then along came social media ...

Unit 3: Evaluation: What's good and what's bad

Unit 4: Evaluation by language choice: Selection and omission

Unit 5: Sounding good: Rhetorical effects in action: 'Liberté! Egalité! Fraternité!' (But not for all ...)

Unit 6: Strategies of persuasion

Unit 7: High-risk tactics. Fooling and insulting your audience. The Garden Path technique

Unit 8: 'Joined-up' thinking: Propositional and evaluative cohesion

Unit 9: Dirty tricks: Really? Caveat emptor!

Unit 10: Dirty tricks? Perhaps: Dis/information wars, collusion with tyrants and conspiracy (theories)

Unit 11: The importance of importance marking in persuasion

Unit 12: Metaphors and company: The subtle persuaders

Unit 13: Questions and responses. Softball questions, hardball questions and how to handle them

Unit 14: Humour, irony and satire in politics

Unit 15: The language of referendum campaigns

Unit 16: The year of the six elections

Conclusion

Glossary
References
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Genre:	Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft , Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9781032648248
ISBN-10:	1032648244
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Partington, Alan
Auflage:	2. Auflage
Hersteller:	Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstr. 24, D-80331 München, gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com
Maße:	234 x 156 x 21 mm
Von/Mit:	Alan Partington
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.07.2025
Gewicht:	0,585 kg