Language use as a social strategy is reviewed and a new interdisciplinary taxonomy
developed. Four categories are suggested for using language: to get people to do things, to …

The topic of political rhetoric concerns the strategies used to construct persuasive arguments
in political debate. The study of political rhetoric therefore spans a range of academic …

The release of the fourth United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) report in February 2007 prompted a flood of responses from political leaders around …

The words of political elites have the potential to play a significant role in the constitution and
proliferation of racist discourse, especially when this discourse has the nuanced linguistic …

Public denunciations involve ritual destruction of the moral standing of the target. They are
intimately related to the assigning of blame and to the alleged perpetrator's concomitant …

This chapter begins with a short history of the use of rhetoric. The history of rhetoric, and
particularly its recent revival, is mentioned because this chapter will not merely treat political …

Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard's speech in the Australian parliament on sexism and
misogyny received considerable public attention and controversy. However, less attention …

Theory and research deriving from social identity or self‐categorization perspectives often
starts out with the presumption that social actors necessarily view societal objects such as …

This article explores constructions of consensus and unity and their potential implications on
partisan politics and democratic decision making in parliamentary discourse on the …

Political discourses reflect and shape public constructions of past and present events, and
social 'problems'. This article examines how Australia's Opposition Leader, Brendan Nelson …