Presidential Concession Speeches: The Rhetoric of Defeat.

Corcoran, Paul E.

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ERIC Number: EJ511593

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Publication Date: 1994

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Presidential Concession Speeches: The Rhetoric of Defeat.

Corcoran, Paul E.

Political Communication, v11 n2 p109-31 Apr-Jun 1994

Analyzes concession speeches by defeated presidential candidates from 1952 to 1992 to show consistent patterns of strategy, style, and content. Explains that the candidate's dilemma is resolved in the concession speech by an elaborate periphrasis that converts the combative energy of defeat into metaphors of sport, chivalry, and epic quest. (TB)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Elections, Higher Education, Political Candidates, Presidential Campaigns (United States), Speech Communication, Speeches

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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