Power of Language in Politics

About the bookThe Authors extol political weapons that trigger successes in campaigns, to them, rhetorical style is firmly explored in the Nigeria situation; a politician must be thoroughly equipped rhetorically to tie up an opponent and at the same time imbue with the power of arousing emotions of anger or pity in the electorates. The language of political campaigns, whether it is in the interrogative, declarative, imperative, or exclamatory mode, contains some forms of promises to the electorates.Thus, the exploration of the power of language should be perceived as a vehicle or a medium of expression of our thoughts and feelings, or perhaps seen as a system in which every item of communication derives its value from the context in which it functions, not excluding the pragmatic use of such words, in this way, the political power of language use in the society will be distinct.Gbertyo, Joseph Aondover Ph.D