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Kegel, Jens. 2006. »Wollt Ihr den totalen Krieg?«. Eine semiotische und linguistische Gesamtanalyse der Rede Goebbels' im Berliner Sportpalast am 18. Februar 1943. ["Do You Want Total War?" A comprehensive semiotic and linguistic analysis of the speech by Goebbels at the Sportpalast in Berlin on 18 February 1943.] (Reihe Germanistische Linguistik 270). De Gruyter. X+555 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
German

Annotation

This book explores Goebbels' political manipulative speech at the Sportpalast in Berlin on 18 February 1943 in pragmatic terms as a semiotic totality. The results lead to a reevaluation of the speech, of Goebbels, and of manipulation theory.