Politicians and Rhetoric : The Persuasive Power of Metaphor /

This analysis of the rhetoric of nine successfully persuasive politicians explains how their use of language created credible and consistent stories about themselves and the social world they inhabit. It explores their use of metaphors, their myths and how language analysis helps us to understand ho...

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Main Author:	Charteris-Black, Jonathan (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Cultural and Media Studies. Applied Linguistics. Linguistics, general. Media and Communication. Political Science. Semiotics. Sociolinguistics. Applied linguistics. Communication. Culture > Study and teaching. Linguistics. Political science. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book