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| Discourse & Society |
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| Volume 19(1), 2008 |
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Gavriely-Nuri, Dalia |
The `metaphorical annihilation' of the Second Lebanon War (2006) from the Israeli political discourse |
5-20 |
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| | Combining discourse analysis with gender theories and the discipline of political studies, this article focuses on two discursive phenomena: first, it demonstrates the flexibility and efficiency of exclusion mechanisms beyond the realm of minority relations to abstract concepts but especially political events; second, it demonstrates the power of metaphor for neutralizing the negative cargo of controversial political situations for the purpose of transforming them into consensual events | |
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politics and government
metaphor
rhetoric
persuasion
middle east
conflict
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Johnston, Alexandra Marie |
Co-membership in immigration gatekeeping interviews: Construction, ratification and refutation |
21-41 |
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| | I analyze the construction of co-membership in a high-stakes gatekeeping encounter: US permanent residency (or `green card') interviews | |
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interpersonal
social structure
conversation
nonverbal
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Schuck, Andreas R.T., and Ward, Janelle |
Dealing with the inevitable: Strategies of self-presentation and meaning construction in the final statements of inmates on Texas death row |
43-62 |
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| | Last statements of death row inmates represent a genre of discourse characterized by an acute situation in which to express final reflections | |
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rhetoric
semiotic theory
text and writing
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Stewart, Craig O. |
Social cognition and discourse processing goals in the analysis of `ex-gay' rhetoric |
63-83 |
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| | This article reports a critical discourse analysis of a series of newspaper advertisements advocating `ex-gay' ministries and `reparative therapy' for homosexuality - interventions designed to `treat' homosexuality through prayer or psychoanalysis | |
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conversation
persuasion
religion
text and writing
homosexuality
methodology
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Windisch, Uli |
Daily political communication and argumentation in direct democracy: Advocates and opponents of nuclear energy |
85-98 |
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| | In a direct democracy, the public and media debate by referendums and popular votes presupposes a particular type of political communication and argumentation | |
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democracy
politics and government
debate
contemporary issues
atomic power
rhetoric
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Holmgreen, Lise-Lotte |
Biotech as `biothreat'?: Metaphorical constructions in discourse |
99-119 |
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| | In Denmark, as in many other European countries, biotechnology continues to be a much debated and controversial issue | |
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conversation
Europe
Scandinavia
metaphor
science
print journalism
rhetoric
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