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Analysing political discourse: Theory and practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2006

Hailong Tian
Hailong Tian
Affiliation:
Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin 300134, PR China, thailong@public1.tpt.tj.cn
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Paul Chilton, Analysing political discourse: Theory and practice. London & New York: Routledge, 2004. Pp. xiv, 226. Hb $125.00, Pb $35.11.

Analysing political discourse does not merely address issues concerning either politics of language or languages of politics; it offers practical analyses of actual specimens of political text and talk. The discourses analyzed, in both the British and international arenas, include political interviews, parliamentary language, politicians' speeches, and discourses that concern foreigners and religion. The analysis is linguistically oriented, grounded in a theory of language and politics. In this review, I shall first give an overview of the linguistic theory on which the author bases his analysis and then select two actual analyses for illustration. Finally, I shall say a few words about the style of this volume.

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BOOK REVIEWS
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Language in Society , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , April 2006 , pp. 303 - 306
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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Beard, A. (2000). The language of politics. London & New York: Routledge.
van Dijk, T. A. (2002). Political discourse and political cognition. In P. Chilton & C. Schäffner (eds.), Politics as text and talk: Analytic approaches to political discourse, 203–37. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins.