Pragmatics in Contested Interpretation

Varied Audiences, Varied Implicatures, Varied Inferences

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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They analyse in detail how these comments have been interpreted by those receiving their words within the wider political context of a highly politicised and divisive campaign, inferred by some to constitute problematic insulting behaviours and/or calls for violence while others have found them to be playful political critiques.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-10-02
Mått148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt356 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor150
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031953446

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Samuel Bourgeois is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and a recipient of the SNSF Postdoc.Mobility grant award (#210773). His main research interests include pragmatics with a focus on (im)politeness studies focusing primarily on political rhetoric and entertaining impoliteness. Derek Bousfield is Reader in Pragmatics and Communication and Co-Director of The Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He teaches and conducts research in Stylistics, Critical Pragmatics, Interactional Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and Critical Discourse Analysis.

Introduction: Pragmatics & Interpretation.- Reflections on contemporary U.S. political rhetoric and our data: With a special focus on Trump and Biden/Harris (2020 – 2024).- The case studies: Origins and contexts of the controversial utterances.- Analysis of the ‘kung flu’ incident.- Comparison of Trump’s controversial “Bloodbath” utterance incident with Biden’s controversial “Bullseye” comment incident.- Consequences and outputs.- Discussions & Conclusions.