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A Gender-based Approach to Parliamentary Discourse: The Andalusian Parliament
Edited by Catalina Fuentes Rodríguez and Gloria Álvarez-Benito
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 68] 2016
► pp. 129–159

Chapter 7
Emotional argumentation in political discourse

| Universidad de Sevilla
| UNED
| Universidad de Sevilla

The aim of this chapter is to determine whether the expression of emotion is a meaningful variable in the argumentative discourse found in the Andalusian Parliament. The chapter also examines whether the gender factor has any relevance in the expression of emotion.This is because one of the main presuppositions in gender research is the stereotype that women are more expressive in relation to emotion and subjectivity.

We take into account appraisal theory and argumentation theory to see how affect, judgement and appreciation, less associated with formal and institutional discourse, are used with a strategic and communicative purpose: persuasion.

Keywords: Emotion, evaluation, affect, political discourse, parliamentary discourse, argumentative resources
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Emotion discourse
  • 3.Emotion in parliamentary discourse: the speaker
  • 4.Emotion in parliamentary discourse: the hearer
  • 5.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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Published online: 1 December 2016
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