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KlappentextFreedom of speech is a tradition distinctive to American political culture, and this book focuses on major debates and discourses that shaped this tradition. It sheds fresh light on key Congressional debates in the early American Republic, developing and applying an approach to fallacy theory suitable to the study of political discourse.
ZusammenfassungOffers a novel application of the methods of pragmatic analysis to debates and controversies surrounding the evolution of freedom of speech in the USAExamines rhetoric and speaker motivation in political speeches from 1789 to 1918Provides new insights on attempts by the Wilson administration to restrict freedom of speech and on the Congressional manoeuvres of their supportersSheds fresh light on criticism of the Madison administration during the War of 1812 by employing the framework of politeness and impoliteness theory
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-137-03059-7
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2012
Erscheinungsdatum16.10.2012
Auflage2012
Seiten201 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht392 g
IllustrationenVII, 201 p.
Artikel-Nr.18284072
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