Interpreting political discourse - Achieng, Beverly
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Politicians have enjoyed relatively fair freedom of expression since the re-introduction of multiparty politics in Kenya in 1992. This has led to a great deal of verbal attack and exchanges between opposing sides as often captured by various media. This study investigates politicians' talk, how they manipulate language to communicate and the kinds of meanings that audiences construct for this political discourse. It is emphasized that for discourse to mean and consequently function as it is expected to, consideration of the context in terms of participants, setting, historical and/or political background knowledge is essential.…mehr

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Politicians have enjoyed relatively fair freedom of expression since the re-introduction of multiparty politics in Kenya in 1992. This has led to a great deal of verbal attack and exchanges between opposing sides as often captured by various media. This study investigates politicians' talk, how they manipulate language to communicate and the kinds of meanings that audiences construct for this political discourse. It is emphasized that for discourse to mean and consequently function as it is expected to, consideration of the context in terms of participants, setting, historical and/or political background knowledge is essential.
Autorenporträt
is a graduate of Egerton University specializing in Applied Linguistics. She has served as a part-time lecturer at Egerton University and is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the University of Witwatersrand. Her research interests centre on a multidisciplinary approach to the analysis and interpretation of political discourse.