Cross-cultural perspectives on parliamentary discourse /:

The activity of parliaments is largely linguistic activity: they produce talk and they produce texts. Broadly speaking, the objectives that this discourse aims to satisfy are similar all over the world: to legitimate or contest legislation, to represent diverse interests, to scrutinise the activity...

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Weitere Verfasser: Bayley, Paul
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2004.
Schriftenreihe:Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 10.
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Zusammenfassung:The activity of parliaments is largely linguistic activity: they produce talk and they produce texts. Broadly speaking, the objectives that this discourse aims to satisfy are similar all over the world: to legitimate or contest legislation, to represent diverse interests, to scrutinise the activity of government, to influence opinion and to recruit and promote political actors. But the discourse of different national parliaments is subject to variation, at all linguistic levels, on the basis of history, cultural specificity, and political culture in particular. Through the use of various analy.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vi, 384 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:1423766385
9781423766384
9027295816
9789027295811
9027227004
9789027227003
9781588114778
1588114775
ISSN:1569-9463 ;

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