Dialogic voice: a pragma-dialectical approach to R. G. Mugabe's ceremonial speeches
This chapter critically examines Mugabe's two speeches. The one he delivered at the United Nations (UN) climate change summit that was held in Copenhagen in 2009 and the other one he delivered at the 2008 Zimbabwean independence celebrations. The chapter argues that not only conversations with...
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| description | This chapter critically examines Mugabe's two speeches. The one he delivered at the United Nations (UN) climate change summit that was held in Copenhagen in 2009 and the other one he delivered at the 2008 Zimbabwean independence celebrations. The chapter argues that not only conversations with explicit participants can he regarded as argumentative (van Eemeren, 2010). Thus, to achieve the purpose, the pragma-dialectic theory of argumentation is employed. The analysis of the speeches show how Mugabe utilised the podium to dialogically interact with the audience, both outside and inside, persuasively inviting them to align with him (speaker) and disalign with the 'negative' voices. The analysis also confirms that stance taking and value positioning is a factor in argumentative discourse. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-14862022-06-27T13:49:05Z Dialogic voice: a pragma-dialectical approach to R. G. Mugabe's ceremonial speeches Jakaza, Ernest Political argumentation Robert Mugabe This chapter critically examines Mugabe's two speeches. The one he delivered at the United Nations (UN) climate change summit that was held in Copenhagen in 2009 and the other one he delivered at the 2008 Zimbabwean independence celebrations. The chapter argues that not only conversations with explicit participants can he regarded as argumentative (van Eemeren, 2010). Thus, to achieve the purpose, the pragma-dialectic theory of argumentation is employed. The analysis of the speeches show how Mugabe utilised the podium to dialogically interact with the audience, both outside and inside, persuasively inviting them to align with him (speaker) and disalign with the 'negative' voices. The analysis also confirms that stance taking and value positioning is a factor in argumentative discourse. 2016-05-26T13:49:04Z 2016-05-26T13:49:04Z 2013 Book chapter 902721123X http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1486 en Let's talk politics: New essays on deliberative rhetoric; open John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| spellingShingle | Political argumentation Robert Mugabe Jakaza, Ernest Dialogic voice: a pragma-dialectical approach to R. G. Mugabe's ceremonial speeches |
| title | Dialogic voice: a pragma-dialectical approach to R. G. Mugabe's ceremonial speeches |
| title_full | Dialogic voice: a pragma-dialectical approach to R. G. Mugabe's ceremonial speeches |
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| title_short | Dialogic voice: a pragma-dialectical approach to R. G. Mugabe's ceremonial speeches |
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