The religious rhetoric of U.S. presidential candidates: a corpus linguistics approach to the rhetorical God gap

Drawing on corpus linguistic methods of analysis, this book critically examines the "rhetorical God gap" in American political discourse between the Democratic and Republican parties. The volume investigates the claims (which have often not been substantiated by quantitative data in the li...

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Main Author: Vincent, Arnaud (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London Routledge 2020
Series:Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics
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Summary:Drawing on corpus linguistic methods of analysis, this book critically examines the "rhetorical God gap" in American political discourse between the Democratic and Republican parties. The volume investigates the claims (which have often not been substantiated by quantitative data in the literature and have tended to focus on particular genres of political discourse) that there isa correlation between a higher degree of religiosity in Republican political discourse and voting preferences for the party and that Democratic politiciansshould engage in similar discourse toward "closing" the gap. The book adopts a keyword approach, using such techniques as collocation analyses, concordance reading, and Bible-specific N-gram identification, toward the study of a corpus of general campaign speeches over a 50-year period, and links findings from this data with social and cultural contextual factors to provide a more informed understanding of rhetorical patterns in religiously laden political language. The volume showcases the value of corpus linguistic methods in interrogating claims around political language and their broader applicability in linguistic research, making this key reading for students and scholars in corpus linguistics, critical discourse analysis, American politics, and religious studies
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 138 Seiten) Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:9780429641626
9780429030383
9780429638459
9780429635281
DOI:10.4324/9780429030383

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