Democratic legitimacy and authority in times of Corona: Angela Merkel’s address to the nation (18 March 2020)

This article explores the discursive and argumentative procedures that build the legitimacy and authority of Chancellor Angela Merkel in her first TV address on Covid-19. Establishing a necessary distinction in these two correlated and often confused notions, the analysis uncovers a global “rhetoric...

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Main Authors: Jürgen Siess, Ruth Amossy
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: University of Tel-Aviv 2022-04-01
Series:Argumentation et Analyse du Discours
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/aad/6400