A discourse analytic investigation into politicians’ use of rhetorical and persuasive strategies: The case of US election speeches
The current study investigated the ways in which two major U.S. political arena social actors, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, presented themselves to capture the audience’s attention in the 2012 election campaign speeches. The data consisted of 30 speeches delivered by Obama as the representative of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Cogent Arts & Humanities |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2020.1740051 |