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A Linguistic Hermeneutic Approach to Paul Rohrbach's Kriegsbotschaften

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Felicity Rash
Felicity Rash*
Affiliation:
University of London
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School of Languages, Linguistics, and Film, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End, London, UK E1 4NS, [[email protected]]
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Abstract

This paper applies the methods of linguistic hermeneutics devised by Wengeler (2005) to the pre- and early First World War propaganda essays of Paul Rohrbach. The analysis illustrates the discourse strategies and rhetoric of this staunchly nationalist German writer who was also Settlement Commissioner to German South-West Africa between 1903 and 1906. The texts are good examples of German nationalist propaganda of the Second Empire and were widely read at the time of their publication and afterwards. Their influence is likely to have extended to the period after the First World War, when National Socialism was inchoate.

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Journal of Germanic Linguistics , Volume 21 , Issue 2: Special Issue in Honour of Martin Durrell , June 2009 , pp. 113 - 130
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Copyright © Society for Germanic Linguistics 2009

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