The semantics of graduation in political speeches: a case of President Robert Mugabe's speeches officially opening the Zimbabwean parliament

The study of political speeches has been generally conducted from rhetoric, dialectic, conversational analysis, critical discourse analysis, dialogism and speech act theory. This article seeks to depart from such theoretic perspectives to the analysis of political speeches by presenting evidence tha...

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Main Authors: Jakaza, Ernest, Visser, MW
Format: Book chapter
Language:English
Published: UNISA Press 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1488
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