Naslov
Tropes as Rhetorical Devices in Croatian Parliamentary Debate

Autori
Runjić-Stoilova, Anita

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Dani Ive Škarića, Druga međunarodna konferencija o retorici - Knjiga sažetaka / Days of Ivo Škarić, 2nd International Conference on Rhetoric - Book of Abstract / Runjić-Stoilova, Anita ; Varošanec-Škarić, Gordana - Zagreb : Hrvatsko filološko društvo, 2014, 94-95

ISBN
978-953-296-082-2

Skup
Dani Ive Škarića, Druga međunarodna konferencija o retorici / Days of Ivo Škarić, 2nd International Conference on Rhetoric

Mjesto i datum
Postira, Hrvatska, 23.04.2014. - 26.04.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Hrvatski sabor; politički diskurs; tropi
(Croatian Parliament; political discourse; tropes)

Sažetak
Political discourse is primarily focused on persuading people to take specified political actions or to make crucial political decisions. Language has a significant role in conveying political messages and ideologies. Political discourse is the language produced in institutional settings, such as: parliamentary debates, government deliberations, party programs and conferences, and speeches by politicians (Van Dijk 2001, 212). Common rhetorical devices in political discourse are rhetorical tropes. According to Reisigl (2006) tropes fulfil many different purposes in political discourses, especially in regard to positive political self- presentation and negative political other- presentation. This paper is an attempt to expose and examine the use of rhetorical tropes as rhetorical devices in the speech of Croatian MPs. As this research intends to analyse selected rhetorical devices applied in this particular political discourse, it focuses on the discussion of the cases of three of ‘four master tropes’: metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche (division by Burke 1969, 503-517). The methodology of this research has applied general principles of qualitative and quantitative analysis, and it has been based on the Critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the authentic source materials. The corpus for analysis includes transcripts of several randomly selected sessions of the current, seventh Parliamentary assembly. The results show that the members of Croatian Parliament use rhetorical tropes as rhetorical devices in their speeches in order to persuade the audience of the rectitude and forthrightness of their policies and ideologies.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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