Title Legitimisation in political discourse : a cross-disciplinary perspective on the modern US war rhetoric / by Piotr Cap.

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Edition	2nd rev. ed.
Description	1 online resource (xiv, 174 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-170) and index.
Summary	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 ...
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Subject	Iraq War (2003-2011)
	War on Terrorism (2001-2009)
	War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
	Iraq War, 2003-2011.
	Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States.
	Rhetoric -- Political aspects.
	United States.
	English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.
	English language.
	Rhetoric.
	Discourse analysis -- United States.
	Discourse analysis.
Chronological Term	2001-2011
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Cap, Piotr. Legitimisation in Political Discourse : A Cross- Disciplinary Perspective on the Modern US War Rhetoric Second Edition. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2010 9781443825696
ISBN	9781443845533 (electronic book)
	1443845531 (electronic book)
	1443825697
	9781443825696