Alan Partington

The Language of Persuasion in Politics and the Media

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This bestselling introductory textbook examines the relationship between politicians, the press and the public through the language they employ. It is now fully revised with new material on delegitimisation, 'fake news', disinformation, (self-)censorship, 'conspiracy theories' and 'Zombie' narratives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032662749
• ISBN-10: 1032662743
• Artikelnr.: 72700283

Autorenporträt

Alan Partington is the Professor of Linguistics, Si-Bol (Siena-Bologna) Research Group, Italy. He is the author of The Linguistics of Political Argument and The Linguistics of Laughter, both Routledge, and was the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Corpora and Discourse.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Unit 1: Politics and the language of persuasion
Unit 2: But then along came social media ...
Unit 3: Evaluation: what's good and what's bad
Unit 4: Evaluation by language choice: selection and omission
Unit 5: Sounding good: Rhetorical effects in action: 'Liberté! Egalité!
Fraternité!' (but not for all ...)
Unit 6: Strategies of persuasion
Unit 7: High-risk tactics. Fooling and insulting your audience. The Garden
Path technique
Unit 8: 'Joined-up' thinking: propositional and evaluative cohesion
Unit 9: Dirty tricks 1. Really? Caveat emptor!
Unit 10: Dirty tricks 2. Dis/information wars, collusion with tyrants and
conspiracy (theories)
Unit 11: The importance of importance marking in persuasion
Unit 12: Metaphors and company: the subtle persuaders
Unit 13: Questions and responses. Softball questions, hardball questions
and how to handle them
Unit 14: Humour, irony and satire in politics
Unit 15: The language of referendum campaigns
Unit 16: The Year of the Six Elections
Conclusion
Glossary
References
Index