La retorica politica contemporanea: analisi dei discorsi di Berlusconi e di Stoltenberg

This study compares the political discourses of Silvio Berlusconi and Jens Stoltenberg. These two politicians represent different political ideologies and belong to two different countries—and, hence, to different cultures. However, both of them were in power for a long time and almost in the same h...

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Main Author: Marit Viggen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Oslo 2018-02-01
Series:Oslo Studies in Language
Online Access:https://journals.uio.no/osla/article/view/6045
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spelling doaj-e3bf351c5a9a472e8108f3c58ba760752020-11-25T02:37:30ZengUniversity of OsloOslo Studies in Language1890-96392018-02-0110110.5617/osla.6045La retorica politica contemporanea: analisi dei discorsi di Berlusconi e di StoltenbergMarit Viggen0ILOS, University of OsloThis study compares the political discourses of Silvio Berlusconi and Jens Stoltenberg. These two politicians represent different political ideologies and belong to two different countries—and, hence, to different cultures. However, both of them were in power for a long time and almost in the same historical period. What kinds of differences and similarities can be found in the language used in their discourses when talking to people? Three discourses produced by each politician under similar circumstances are analyzed. This paper focuses on the lexical items used in the discourses, describing them from a quantitative (frequency) and qualitative point of view. The differences in the use of metaphors is explained by affiliation to two different cultures, whereas the lexical choice is often based on linguistic and individual properties.https://journals.uio.no/osla/article/view/6045
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La retorica politica contemporanea: analisi dei discorsi di Berlusconi e di Stoltenberg
Oslo Studies in Language
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title La retorica politica contemporanea: analisi dei discorsi di Berlusconi e di Stoltenberg
title_short La retorica politica contemporanea: analisi dei discorsi di Berlusconi e di Stoltenberg
title_full La retorica politica contemporanea: analisi dei discorsi di Berlusconi e di Stoltenberg
title_fullStr La retorica politica contemporanea: analisi dei discorsi di Berlusconi e di Stoltenberg
title_full_unstemmed La retorica politica contemporanea: analisi dei discorsi di Berlusconi e di Stoltenberg
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description This study compares the political discourses of Silvio Berlusconi and Jens Stoltenberg. These two politicians represent different political ideologies and belong to two different countries—and, hence, to different cultures. However, both of them were in power for a long time and almost in the same historical period. What kinds of differences and similarities can be found in the language used in their discourses when talking to people? Three discourses produced by each politician under similar circumstances are analyzed. This paper focuses on the lexical items used in the discourses, describing them from a quantitative (frequency) and qualitative point of view. The differences in the use of metaphors is explained by affiliation to two different cultures, whereas the lexical choice is often based on linguistic and individual properties.
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