| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 384 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture,
1569-9463 ;
v. 10
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Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 10.
1569-9463
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Parliamentary Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Introduction; Insulting as (un)parliamentary practice in the British and Swedish parliaments; Negotiating conflict; Consent and dissent in British and Italian parliamentary debates on the 1998 Gulf Crisis; Legitimising and informative discourse in the Kosovo debates in the British House of Commons and the Italian Chamber of Deputies; Threat and fear in parliamentary debates in Britain, Germany and Italy; Ways of talking about work in parliamentary discourse in Britain and Spain. |
| Summary |
The activity of parliaments is largely linguistic activity: they produce talk and they produce texts. Broadly speaking, the objectives that this discourse aims to satisfy are similar all over the world: to legitimate or contest legislation, to represent diverse interests, to scrutinise the activity of government, to influence opinion and to recruit and promote political actors. But the discourse of different national parliaments is subject to variation, at all linguistic levels, on the basis of history, cultural specificity, and political culture in particular. Through the use of various analy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Discourse analysis -- Political aspects.
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Discourse analysis -- Political aspects. |
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Discourse analysis. |
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Parliamentary practice -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Parliamentary practice. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Communication in politics -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Communication in politics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bayley, Paul.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cross-cultural perspectives on parliamentary discourse. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2004 9027227004 1588114775 (DLC) 2003069658 (OCoLC)53992999 |
| ISBN |
1423766385 (electronic book) |
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9781423766384 (electronic book) |
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9027295816 |
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9789027295811 |
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9027227004 (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027227003 (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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9781588114778 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1588114775 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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