Issues in Political Discourse Analysis de Samuel Gyasi Obeng

Issues in Political Discourse Analysis

Samuel Gyasi Obeng

This book examines the analysis of language (possibly in conjunction with other semiotic systems) in the course of our lives as citizens of established politics of various scopes. Topics discussed include the cultural consequences of economic migration from Nigeria to the West; language, politics and democratic governance in Nigeria; legitimisation and coercion in political discourse; language endangerment; drawing an analytical framework in search of "post-modern" Chinese and discursive strategies in political speech.

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Preface; Poem - The Tongue That Could Not Be Silenced; The Cultural Consequences of Economic Migration from Nigeria to the West; Cognitive Strategies in Nigerian & German Political Cartoons: A Comparative Study; Turn-Taking Strategies in Nigerian Legislative Discourse; Pragmatic Features of Political Speeches in English by Some Prominent Nigerian Leaders; Legitimization & Coercion in Political Discourse: A Case Study of Olusegun Obasanjo Address to the PDP Elders & Stakeholders Forum on 10 February 2007; Language, Politics & Democratic Governance in Nigeria: A Sociolinguistic Perspective; Language Endangerment: Factual & Theoretical Explorations with Special Reference to Erushu, Akoko; Bush Versus Blair: Keywords Heading the Nation Federica Ferrari; Drawing an Analytical Framework In Search of "Postmodern" Chinese: Language & Politics in Taiwan; Intertextuality & Metaphor in Puerto Rican Political Discourse: Statehood & Language Policy; Discursive Strategies in Political Speech: The Words of Dr Bingu wa Mutharika; Codeswitching in Tanzanian Parliamentary Discourse: A Communicative Innovation; Index.