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Publication details [#12177]
Lakoff, Robin Tolmach. 2001. The rhetoric of the extraordinary moment: The concession and acceptance speeches of Al Gore and George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election. Pragmatics 11 (3) : 309–327. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
ISBN
1018-2101
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag
Annotation
A comparison of style and content. The author observes that both speeches create the appearance of unity and seducing harmony.