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Title: | Constructing and reinforcing political identities through rhetorical questions - an analysis of Mitt Romney’s campaign speeches in the 2012 US presidential election | Authors: | Wong, SMC Yap, FH |
Issue Date: | 25-Apr-2014 | Source: | Presented at Faculty of Humanities Postgraduate Research Symposium, 25 April, 2014, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong | Abstract: | Objectives ∙ To elucidate how politicians compete for votes in election by using effective rhetorical strategies to construct and reinforce political identities ∙ To examine Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s use of RQs in his 48 speeches delivered to 18 states in terms of their: (1) frequency, (2) question type, (3) topic, (4) function. ∙ To examine how Romney’s use of rhetorical questions (RQs) in the 2012 US presidential election varies with different target audience |
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