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Publication details [#41675]

Ensink, Titus. 1996. The Footing of a Royal Address: An Analysis of Representativeness in Political Speech, Exemplified in Queen Beatrix' Address to the Knesset on March 28, 1995. Current Issues in Language & Society 3 (3) : 205–232.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

address | footing | political speech

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This article proposes a systematic approach of the analysis of political speeches, based on Goffman's concept of 'footing'. The approach is illustrated with the case of the Dutch Queen Beatrix addressing the Israeli Parliament during a state visit to Israel.