List of figures
Figure 1.Trinidad and Tobago – ethnic composition (TTSCO 2011)
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Figure 2.Electoral map – 2007 Election Trinidad and Tobago (Psephos Election Archive)
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Figure 3.Electoral map – 2010 Election Trinidad and Tobago (Psephos Election Archive)
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Figure 4.Different levels of theory in DHA (In Wodak 2008)
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Figure 5.Recursivity in DHA (In Meyer
2001)
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Figure 6.Selected discourse-topics in Persad-Bissessar’s speeches (after Reisigl and Wodak 2015)
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Figure 7.Dimensions of analysis applied to Persad-Bissessar’s speaking notes
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Figure 8.“Leading ladies” – picture from the Kamla 2010 booklet
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Figure 9.“We Will Rise” – picture from the Kamla 2010 booklet
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Figure 10.“Silky serenade” – picture from the Kamla 2010 booklet
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Figure 11.“I’ll be there” – picture from the Kamla 2010 booklet
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Figure 12.“The villafana” – Picture from the Kamla 2010 booklet
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Figure 13.The do so ad from the People’s Partnership 2010 campaign
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Figure 14.Sequence of frames in the opening credits of the United force for change
video ad
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Figure 15.Intradiegetic gaze in the United force for change
video ad
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Figure 16.Final handshake in the United force for change video ad
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Figure 17.Front cover of the People’s Partnership manifesto 2010
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Figure 18.Presentation of candidates in the People’s Partnership manifesto 2010
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Figure 19.Frames from the We Will Rise video ad
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Figure 20.Final frame from the We Will Rise video ad
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