Political debates
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Maria-Ionela Neagu
Abstract
Drawing on Isabela and Norman Fairclough’s (2012) recent approach to practical reasoning in political discourse analysis, the chapter seeks to identify the premises, the goals, the means, and the values that impact upon the participants’ ethos construction in the 2012 American Presidential debates. The political debate is investigated as a form of deliberative argumentation, but also as a persuasive dialogue, in which the participants put forward proposals for actions and argue about the advantages and disadvantages of a certain course of action, in the attempt to both clarify the issues and exert influence on the audience.
Abstract
Drawing on Isabela and Norman Fairclough’s (2012) recent approach to practical reasoning in political discourse analysis, the chapter seeks to identify the premises, the goals, the means, and the values that impact upon the participants’ ethos construction in the 2012 American Presidential debates. The political debate is investigated as a form of deliberative argumentation, but also as a persuasive dialogue, in which the participants put forward proposals for actions and argue about the advantages and disadvantages of a certain course of action, in the attempt to both clarify the issues and exert influence on the audience.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
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Persuasion in Political Dialogue
- Persuasion or the integration of grammar and rhetoric 3
- The burden of proof in dealing with political accountability 19
- Pre-election TV debates – persuasive games between ethos, logos, and pathos 39
- … every time you’ve offered an opinion, you’ve been wrong 55
- Political debates 85
- Analysing the rhetoric use of the epistemic marker Eu cred că (I think) in Romanian parliamentary discourse 101
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Persuasive Strategies in Professional Dialogue
- Argumentation at work 145
- Argumentation strategies in mediated professional interactions 161
- Using identities-in-talk as a persuasive strategy 179
- Markers of argumentation in intercultural professional discourse 201
- Leaders banking on ethos 217
- Persuading through narratives 249
- Index 275
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
-
Persuasion in Political Dialogue
- Persuasion or the integration of grammar and rhetoric 3
- The burden of proof in dealing with political accountability 19
- Pre-election TV debates – persuasive games between ethos, logos, and pathos 39
- … every time you’ve offered an opinion, you’ve been wrong 55
- Political debates 85
- Analysing the rhetoric use of the epistemic marker Eu cred că (I think) in Romanian parliamentary discourse 101
-
Persuasive Strategies in Professional Dialogue
- Argumentation at work 145
- Argumentation strategies in mediated professional interactions 161
- Using identities-in-talk as a persuasive strategy 179
- Markers of argumentation in intercultural professional discourse 201
- Leaders banking on ethos 217
- Persuading through narratives 249
- Index 275
