Search for dissertations about: "argumentative discourse analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words argumentative discourse analysis.

2. 1. On Linguistic and Discursive Constructions of Concession and Adversativity : Towards a Multilevel Analysis of English in the UK Parliament

   Author : Mihai Daniel Frumuselu; Michal Krzyżanowski; Cornelia Ilie; Per Ledin; Eivind Nessa Torgersen; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; concession; adversativity; political discourse; parliamentary discourse; UK Parliament; Corpus Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Critical Discourse Analysis; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This study analyses concessive and adversarial language in UK parliamentary debates and thereby enriches the theoretical and analytical body of knowledge on the language of concession and adversativity in contemporary English. It contributes to existent scholarship on both grammatical constructions of concession/adversativity and on the dynamics of contemporary British parliamentary and political discourse. READ MORE

4. 2. Persuasiveness in the discourse of wine : The rhetoric of Robert Parker

   Author : Charlotte Hommerberg; Carita Paradis; Maria Lindgren; Geoff Thompson; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : appraisal; assessment; critical discourse analysis; evaluation; persuasiveness; pragma-dialectics; recommendation; rhetoric; rhetorical argumentation; Robert Parker; text analysis; wine review; winespeak; Engelska med språkvetenskaplig inriktning; English;

   Abstract : The primary purpose of this study is to explore a case of remarkably powerful contemporary rhetoric, namely Robert Parker’s wine writing, which has had an unprecedented impact in the world of prestigious wine for more than two decades. Parker, an American autodidact who gave up his career in law to become a fulltime wine critic, is considered the most influential critic of all time. READ MORE

5. 3. To do or not to do : dealing with the dilemma of intervention in Swedish nature conservation

   Author : Anders Steinwall; Katarina Eckerberg; Anna Zachrisson; David Feltenius; Arjen Buijs; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Protected area management; nature conservation; ecological restoration; biological diversity; discourse; institutionalization; forests; white-backed woodpecker; policy struggle; nature values; statskunskap; political science;

   Abstract : Nature conservation is often seen as being primarily about shielding parts of nature from human intervention, e.g. by protecting areas. Over the last decades, however, intervention is increasingly being seen as necessary for nature to regain or retain its values, through ecological restoration and active management. READ MORE

6. 4. Words Matter in the Woods : Discourses on Deforestation in Global Climate Politics

   Author : Tobias Nielsen; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Global climate politics; deforestation; REDD ; UNFCCC; argumentative discourse analysis;

   Abstract : Over the past decade, avoiding deforestation has become a central element of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The focal point of this has been the incentive-based mechanism of REDD+, which stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation. READ MORE

7. 5. The Mahdi Wears Armani: An Analysis of the Harun Yahya enterprise

   Author : Anne Ross Solberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Harun Yahya; Adnan Oktar; Said Nursi; Turkish Islam; creationism; da‘wa; Mahdi; Islamic messianism; apocalypticism; neo-Ottomanism; conspiracy theories; anti-Semitism; market Islam; social movement theory; rhetorical analysis;

   Abstract : The prolific Turkish author and preacher Adnan Oktar has built up a large Islamic publishing enterprise under the name of Harun Yahya, and has attracted international attention in particular for his campaign against the theory of evolution. The aim of this dissertation is to shed light on the Harun Yahya enterprise by describing, analyzing and contextualizing four key themes in the works of Harun Yahya, namely conspiracy theories, nationalism/neo-Ottomanism, creationism and apocalypticism/Mahdism. READ MORE