Rhetorical Strategies of Selected Kenyan Parliamentary Committee Reports: A Genre-Based Approach
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2019-11
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
Numerous studies have been carried out on genre analysis, however, scarcely any studies have been done on parliamentary discourse in Kenya, especially on structural and rhetorical organization of parliamentary committee reports. A research gap therefore exists. Consequently, this study sought to analyse the rhetorical strategies of seleted Kenyan Parliamentary Committee Reports (PCRs) using a genre based approach. Without a clear rhetorical strategy, parliamentary committee reports would hardly unfold their deliberative and communicative purpose. This study uncovers the rhetorical ~ strategies used in parliamentary reports in order to achieve their communicative purpose. The analysis involves a survey of rhetorical conventions and strategies including overall schematic move structure of PCRs, the analysis of thetorical modes, appeals, metadiscourse and generic structure potential. The study is premised on Genre theory and its different approaches such as Systemic Functional.....
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A Thesis Submitted to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics of Kenyatta University, November 2019.
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1. Prof. Dr. Danicl Ochieng Orwenjo
2. Dr. Fridah Kanana Erastus