Analyzing Genres In Political Communication: Theory And Practice (discourse Approaches To Politics, Society And Culture)
by Piotr Cap /
2013 / English / PDF
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Featuring contributions by leading specialists in the field, the
volume is a survey of cutting edge research in genres in political
discourse. Since, as is demonstrated, “political genres” reveal
many of the problems pertaining to the analysis of communicative
genres in general, it is also a state-of-the-art addition to
contemporary genre theory. The book offers new methodological,
theoretical and empirical insights in both the long-established
genres (speeches, interviews, policy documents, etc.), and the
modern, rapidly-evolving generic forms, such as online political
ads or weblogs. The chapters, which engage in timely issues of
genre mediatization, hybridity, multimodality, and the mixing of
discursive styles, come from a broad range of perspectives spanning
Critical Discourse Studies, pragmatics, cognitive psychology,
sociolinguistics, applied linguistics and media studies. As such,
they constitute essential reading for anyone seeking an
interdisciplinary yet coherent research agenda within the vast and
complex territory of today’s forms of political communication.
Featuring contributions by leading specialists in the field, the
volume is a survey of cutting edge research in genres in political
discourse. Since, as is demonstrated, “political genres” reveal
many of the problems pertaining to the analysis of communicative
genres in general, it is also a state-of-the-art addition to
contemporary genre theory. The book offers new methodological,
theoretical and empirical insights in both the long-established
genres (speeches, interviews, policy documents, etc.), and the
modern, rapidly-evolving generic forms, such as online political
ads or weblogs. The chapters, which engage in timely issues of
genre mediatization, hybridity, multimodality, and the mixing of
discursive styles, come from a broad range of perspectives spanning
Critical Discourse Studies, pragmatics, cognitive psychology,
sociolinguistics, applied linguistics and media studies. As such,
they constitute essential reading for anyone seeking an
interdisciplinary yet coherent research agenda within the vast and
complex territory of today’s forms of political communication.