The electoral discourse:
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Le discours électoral: entre transversalité et frontières génériques
The electoral discourse: between transversality and generic boundaries

Author(s): Amadou Ouattara Adou
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Economy, Literary Texts, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, General Reference Works
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: electoral speech; generics boundaries; discourse processes; argumentative effects; transversality

Summary/Abstract: The electoral speech appears as an asserted genre of political discourse with its own defining criteria. However there are speeches that are hardly part of an electoral context, but which carry relevant criteria of power conquest speeches. Our analysis of former Ivorian Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly’s speech on the occasion of the Gôh region’s day of tribute to President Alassane Ouattara is intended to challenge some defining features and thus, the generic boundaries of electoral discourse.

  • Issue Year: 22/2021
  • Issue No: 38
  • Page Range: 77-91
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: French