Students must also register for a discussion section.

E104 Language and Politics (Obeng)

This course explores the language of politics. In particular, it
examines how politicians or political actors and political
commentators use language to talk about politics and how politics
also influences language. The language used in the domain of politics
includes speeches of politicians, party propaganda, slogans, and
other discourse types aimed at influencing the political process. It
also includes the language used in communicative events like
congressional or parliamentary sessions, cabinet meetings, state of
the union address, and so forth. The political actors whose language
will be examined include presidents and vice-presidents, members of
Congress, parliamentarians, senators, governors, and action group
members. Political discourses examined are from both developed and
emerging democracies.