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1 Power & (Fictional) Politics |
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1 | (32) |
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The Original Novel and the `Fictionalization' of Politics |
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3 | (7) |
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A Pragma-Stylistic Approach |
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10 | (4) |
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Manipulation: Definitions and Theories |
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14 | (7) |
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21 | (3) |
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24 | (3) |
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27 | (6) |
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2 Mac restructure and Linguistic Characterization |
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33 | (32) |
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House of Cards as a Modern Tale |
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33 | (15) |
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Revisiting Greimas's Actantial Model |
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33 | (5) |
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38 | (4) |
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From a Narrative Framework to a Model of Pragmatic Interaction |
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42 | (6) |
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The (Anti-) Hero's `Expressive Identity' |
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48 | (15) |
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Power Relations in the Chain of Being |
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48 | (4) |
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52 | (6) |
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Visual and Textual Grammar |
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58 | (5) |
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63 | (2) |
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3 Concealing, Distorting and Creating Reality |
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65 | (42) |
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A Postmodern Political Series: The Era of (Meta) Communication |
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65 | (13) |
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Creating News: Media and Politics |
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65 | (5) |
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Controlling Public Opinion |
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70 | (5) |
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75 | (3) |
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Fabricating Possible Worlds |
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78 | (25) |
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Manipulating Pragmatic Inferences |
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78 | (10) |
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Re-Naming and Euphemizing |
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88 | (15) |
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103 | (4) |
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4 Manipulative Moves: Between Persuasion and Coercion |
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107 | (36) |
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Towards a Pragma-Rhetorical Theory of Manipulation |
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107 | (10) |
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A `Manipulative Principle'? |
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107 | (5) |
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The Parasitic Nature of Manipulation |
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112 | (5) |
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Manipulating Persuasion: Argumentative and Cognitive Views |
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117 | (11) |
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117 | (4) |
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Constraining Interpretative Effects |
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121 | (7) |
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A Continuum Between Manipulation and Coercion |
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128 | (10) |
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Paternalistic Manipulativeness |
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129 | (2) |
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Coercive Power and Degree of Optionality |
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131 | (3) |
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134 | (4) |
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138 | (5) |
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5 The Art of Winning Over through Face-Work: Success and Failure |
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143 | (50) |
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Hybrid Face Acts: The Polite Impoliteness of Cajoling Discourse |
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143 | (10) |
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153 | (12) |
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Provocation: Crushing Face Claims and `Sociality Rights' |
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153 | (4) |
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`Seduce Him. Give Him Your Heart. Cut It Out and Put It in His Fucking Hands' |
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157 | (8) |
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Manipulation Seen Through |
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165 | (15) |
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Fake Pos-Politeness Exposed |
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165 | (11) |
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Dismissed Seduction and Fake Teasing |
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176 | (4) |
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Face Sensitivities in the Underwood Couple |
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180 | (8) |
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188 | (5) |
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193 | (36) |
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Keys to the Success of House of Cards |
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193 | (15) |
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Suspense, Surprises and Shakespearian Echoes |
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193 | (8) |
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The Power of the Second-Person Address |
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201 | (7) |
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The Cognitive and Stylistic Manipulation of the Viewer |
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208 | (16) |
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208 | (8) |
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Rooting for the Anti-Hero |
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216 | (8) |
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224 | (5) |
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7 Concluding Remarks: Reciprocation and (Im)Politeness |
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229 | (20) |
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Behind-the-Scenes Politics: Interdependency and Constraints |
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229 | (8) |
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229 | (5) |
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234 | (3) |
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Manipulative (Im)Politeness |
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237 | (8) |
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A Cross-Disciplinary Approach |
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237 | (5) |
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Towards a Less Irenic Philosophy of Language |
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242 | (3) |
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245 | (4) |
Appendix |
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249 | (2) |
Index |
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