Download or read book Analysing Political Speeches written by Christina Schäffner and published by Multilingual Matters Limited. This book was released on 1997 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with political speeches, particularly commemorative addresses, from the perspective of critical discourse analysis. Such addresses are characterized as representative and epideictic, as exemplified by an address by the Dutch Queen Beatrix to the Knesset during her 1995 state visit to Israel. Critical consideration is given to the role of rhetoric within political discourse analysis.