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ERIC Number: EJ584000
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0267-1905
Language and Politics.
Chimombo, Moira
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, v19 p215-32 1999
Surveys the interrelationship between language and politics. Touches on the context of political discourse, or political culture and ideology in new and old democracies and the reemerging manifestations of totalitarianism, censorship, and linguistic imperialism; then examines selected linguistic features of political discourse and their manipulation for purposes of power. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Democracy, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Ideology, Persuasive Discourse, Political Influences, Political Issues, Political Power, Politics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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