Political Eloquence

O’Connell, Daniel C.; Kowal, Sabine

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0569-3_5

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“…In addition to different evasion types, scholars have also analyzed the relationship between pronominal use and evasion in political discourse (O’Connell and Kowal, 2002). Below, we will review some studies on the use of the pronoun ‘we’ in political discourse, with special focus on the use of this pronoun as evasion strategies.…”

Section: Previous Studies On Evasion In Political Discoursementioning

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Inclusivity and exclusivity in the use of Cantonese ngo⁵dei⁶ (‘we’) in evasive replies in Hong Kong political discourse

Wai

Yap

2018

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Politicians frequently face adversarial questions during election time. They often provide evasive replies to veer away from the controversial issues, but such equivocation also distances them from the audience. To deal with this problem, politicians often use the inclusive 'we' to identify themselves with the interest of the general public when they equivocate, or they sometimes use the exclusive 'we' to shift the responsibility of controversial policies to their political parties. The choice of inclusive versus exclusive 'we' in equivocation is not random but is governed by contextual factors, for example, the speech topic, the politician's affiliation (if any) and the political system within a given culture. In Hong Kong, the Chief Executive Election candidates often do not belong to any political party. In this article, we examine how this unique contextual factor affects the choice of inclusive and exclusive 'we' in the evasive replies of politicians in the 2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive Election debates.

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Section: Previous Studies On Evasion In Political Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

Inclusivity and exclusivity in the use of Cantonese ngo⁵dei⁶ (‘we’) in evasive replies in Hong Kong political discourse

Wai

Yap

2018

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Unsere Art und Weise zu sprechen im Fokus der Wissenschaft: die Prosodie und ihre Anwendungen

Barbosa

2024

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2021

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Political Eloquence

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Inclusivity and exclusivity in the use of Cantonese ngo⁵dei⁶ (‘we’) in evasive replies in Hong Kong political discourse

Inclusivity and exclusivity in the use of Cantonese ngo⁵dei⁶ (‘we’) in evasive replies in Hong Kong political discourse

Unsere Art und Weise zu sprechen im Fokus der Wissenschaft: die Prosodie und ihre Anwendungen

Evaluating Organizational Hypocrisy within Universities as Toxic Leadership Behavior

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Inclusivity and exclusivity in the use of Cantonese ngo5dei6 (‘we’) in evasive replies in Hong Kong political discourse

Inclusivity and exclusivity in the use of Cantonese ngo5dei6 (‘we’) in evasive replies in Hong Kong political discourse

Unsere Art und Weise zu sprechen im Fokus der Wissenschaft: die Prosodie und ihre Anwendungen

Evaluating Organizational Hypocrisy within Universities as Toxic Leadership Behavior

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Inclusivity and exclusivity in the use of Cantonese ngo⁵dei⁶ (‘we’) in evasive replies in Hong Kong political discourse

Inclusivity and exclusivity in the use of Cantonese ngo⁵dei⁶ (‘we’) in evasive replies in Hong Kong political discourse