Cross-cultural perspectives on parliamentary discourse /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Bayley, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2004.
Series:Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 10.
Subjects:
Discourse analysis > Political aspects.
Parliamentary practice > Cross-cultural studies.
Communication in politics > Cross-cultural studies.
Communication politique > Études transculturelles.
REFERENCE.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Vocabulary.
Communication in politics
Discourse analysis > Political aspects
Parliamentary practice
Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Parliamentary Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Introduction; Insulting as (un)parliamentary practice in the British and Swedish parliaments; Negotiating conflict; Consent and dissent in British and Italian parliamentary debates on the 1998 Gulf Crisis; Legitimising and informative discourse in the Kosovo debates in the British House of Commons and the Italian Chamber of Deputies; Threat and fear in parliamentary debates in Britain, Germany and Italy; Ways of talking about work in parliamentary discourse in Britain and Spain.

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