Legitimation and argumentative strategic maneuvering in the political field:Traian Băsescu’s ‘suspension speech’

In this paper I am trying to bring together a pragma-dialectical conception of argumentation, a sociological conception of legitimacy, as well as a sociological theory of the political field. I will draw on the pragma-dialectical theory of argumentation developed by van Eemeren and Grootendorst (199...

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Main Author: Isabela Ieţcu-Fairclough
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti 2007-01-01
Series:Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/index.pl/legitimation_and_argumentative_strategic_maneuvering_in_the_political_fieldtraian_bsescus_suspension_speech