Kyosei : An example of cultural keyword argumentatively exploited in corporate reporting discourse
- Filimon, Agatha Ioana Istituto Linguistico-Semiotico (ILS), Facoltà di scienze della comunicazione, Università della Svizzera italiana, Svizzera
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2009
Published in:
- Studies in communication sciences. - Università della Svizzera italiana. - 2009, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 131-151
Argumentative keywords
argumentum model of topics
persuasion
sustainability reports
corporate philosophy
kyosei
English
By means of a relevant example, this paper shows the appropriateness of the theoretical construct of argumentative keyword proposed by Rigotti & Rocci (2005) in relation to an emergent discourse genre: top management’s letters to stakeholders appearing in the introduction to corporate social responsibility/sustainability reports. Analyzing a text fragment extracted from a recent sustainability report, the paper shows the argumentative and the persuasive relevance of the Japanese business concept kyosei for this particular type of discourse. The analysis is based on the Argumentum Model of Topics (Rigotti 2009, 2006; Rigotti & Greco Morasso, forthcoming) and a number of insights coming from adjacent disciplines (corporate communication, discourse analysis and linguistics, cultural studies and the psychology of persuasion).
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- English
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- Philosophy, psychology
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- RERO DOC 22438
- ARK ark:/12658/srd1318254
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- https://n2t.net/ark:/12658/srd1318254
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