LINGUIST List 17.3490

Sat Nov 25 2006

Books: Discourse Analysis/Semantics: Charteris-Black

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Directory         1.    Palgrave Macmillan, Politicians and Rhetoric: Charteris-Black
Message 1: Politicians and Rhetoric: Charteris-Black
Date: 21-Nov-2006
From: Palgrave Macmillan <palgravemacmillanpalgrave.com>
Subject: Politicians and Rhetoric: Charteris-Black


Title: Politicians and Rhetoric Subtitle: The Persuasive Power of Metaphor Published: 2006 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
                http://www.palgrave.com

Book URL: http://www.palgrave.com/newsearch/Catalogue.aspx?is=0230019811

Author: Jonathan Charteris-Black Paperback: ISBN: 0230019811 Pages: 256 Price: U.K. £ 17.99
Abstract:

Each chapter of this book analyzes the rhetoric of speeches by majorBritish or American politicians and shows how metaphor is usedsystematically to create political myths of monsters, villains and heroicleaders. Metaphors are shown to interact with other figures of speech tocommunicate subliminal meanings by drawing on the unconscious emotionalassociation of words. An innovative study of interest to students andresearchers in discourse analysis, political communication, journalism andmedia studies.

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis                             Semantics
Written In: English (eng )

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