Publications

Publication details [#44718]

Cheng, Maria. 2006. Constructing a new political spectacle: tactics of Chen Shui-bian’s 2000 and 2004 Inaugural Speeches. Discourse & Society 17 (5) : 583–608.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ideology | political language | political speech | power

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper examines how in his 2000 and 2004 inaugural speeches, the Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian employs political language rhetoric as a powerful means to present the rationale for his new administration and his socio-political ideologies.