Moral Talk - Stance and Evaluation in Political Discourse

Summary

This book is about moral talk in contemporary British political discourse, drawing on speeches, debates and radio phone-ins. Using a critical sociolinguistic approach, Spencer-Bennett explores the language people use to communicate moral judgement and highlights the relations between the things that people say, the contexts in w

Product details

• Authors: Joe Spencer-Bennett, Joe (University of Birmingham Spencer-Bennett
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367734732
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73473-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: The Politics of Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Discourse Analysis, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, Sociolinguistics, Politics & government, Politics and government, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics