Intertextuality in Kenyan Policy Discourse on the Rights of Women

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Intertextuality in Kenyan Policy Discourse on the Rights of Women

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Victoria University of Wellington

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The investigative aim of this thesis is to explore the recontextualization of the normative discourse of gender equality in Kenya’s policy discourse of women’s rights. Its purpose is threefold: Firstly, it attempts to examine the different ways in which policy makers use language in the course of interpreting and implementing gender equality policies. This includes a focus on both the linguistic and rhetorical/discursive strategies that these policy makers employ for such functions as endorsi...

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Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2016

Creator

Aberi, George

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Intertextuality_in_Kenyan_Policy_Discourse_on_the_Rights_of_...

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Discourse and pragmatics / Linguistic structures (incl. phonology, morphology and syntax) / Sociolinguistics / Intertextual discourse analysis / Rhetoric and politics / Women's rights / Gender equality policies / Critical discourse analysis / Mentalities of government / Governmental reasoning / School: School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies / Discourse and Pragmatics / Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) / Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) / Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture / Degree Discipline: Applied Linguistics / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy

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