Book Links
This page contains links for the book “Hesitation, Equivocation and Pausing: Unveiling the micro-world of political rhetoric and spin” by Michael Cribb which is available on Amazon
Links are arranged in chapter order.
1. Equivocation
2. Bollocks!
The Andrew Marr Show, BBC, 14th May 2017
3. Conflictual question
YouTube link: @16m39s
Channel 4/Sky – “The Battle for Number 10”, 29th May 2017. YouTube @16m39s
Clark, HH. & Brennan, SE. (1991) Grounding in communication. In Lauren Resnick, Levine B., M. John, Stephanie Teasley & D. (eds.), Perspectives on Socially Shared Cognition. American Psychological Association. pp. 13–1991 (1991)
Jeremy Paxman by Duncan Hull CC BY 2.0
4. Abbott’s shaky abacus
5. The significance of hesitations
PMQS, House of Commons, 27th April 2017
Theresa May by Jim Mattis CC BY 2.0
6. 1.3 seconds is a long time
Channel 4 News, 27th March 2017
See also: Daily Express
7. Equivocation & hesitation
BBC Daily Politics, 8th March 2017, APPROX. 28 MINS
8. Dodging questions
dodging questions on a nuclear missile test
dodging questions on whether he would use whips in the Brexit vote
The Independent, 22nd January 2017
The Independent, 22nd January 2017
The Independent, 22nd January 2017
Bavelas, J.B., Black, A., Chovil, N. & Mullett, J. (1990). Equivocal Communication. Newbury Park, Ca: Sage.
9. Down, down, down!
Jeremy Corbyn by David Holt CC BY 2.0
10. Brexit is bacon and eggs!
‘Brexit is breakfast’ slip of the tongue
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37666628
BBC Daily Politics, 2nd December 2016, approx. 25m15s
11. Gove: “It was a mistake”
Michael Gove by Chatham House CC BY 2.0
12. Oy you, spit out your gum and shut up!
13. The semantics and pragmatics of ‘Brexit means Brexit’
PMQs, House of Commons, 26th October 2016
Huffington Post 26/10/2016
14. Brexit means breakfast!
Huffington Post article on error
Andrew Davies by National Assembly for Wales CC BY 2.0
15. Strategies for holding the floor
16. The power of the eyes
BBC News on YouTube (about 3:45)
BBC iPlayer ‘Andrew Marr show’ – 24th July 2016
17. Equivocation – the first penalty shoot-out of the season
A leaked document recently suggested that it is
BBC Daily Politics, 7th September 2016,
You can listen to the interview here
or on the BBC iPlayer.
David Gauke by Saeima CC BY-SA 2.0
18. Tetchiness from Corbyn
is sparring with Krishnan Guru-Murthy
19. Theresa May’s first outing – a touch of Thatcher perhaps?
gag which Jeremy Corbyn had used
Deacon, M. The Telegraph, 20th July 2016
20. PMQs Watch: Humour at Cameron’s last PMQs
final PMQs from the beginning here (or on the BBC iPlayer)
21. Five telling moments from David Cameron at PMQs
Read about and listen to this blend here.
Read about and listen to this slip here
22. Quote of the week
Allott, N. (2010) Key Terms in Pragmatics. Bloomsbury.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jClv7yIJFaY @45s
23. Damian Green’s odd hesitation pattern
24. The language of U-turns
BBC, Andrew Marr Show, 3rd July 2016. The transcript of Marr’s interview can be read here.
The interview can be watched here. (Slugger O’Toole)
25. Turn transition with the eyebrows
BBC, The Andrew Marr Show, 26th June 2016 (approx. 50m51s)
Hilary Benn by Chatham House CC BY 2.0
26. Slips of the tongue – “Child free tax care”
slip of the tongue by David Cameron
27. ↓ORder (.) ↓ORder
28. Slip squared!
Chris Hollins’ embarrassing slip of the tongue
‘revealing ah’, a specific type of reaction from chamber members
29. Grayling’s grilling
Hamilton, M. A., & Mineo, P. J. (1998). A framework for understanding equivocation. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 17, 3-35.
Bavelas, J.B., Black, A., Chovil, N. & Mullett, J. (1990). Equivocal Communication. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
30. PMQs Watch: Howls of laughter
PMQs, House of Commons, 11th May 2016
31. PMQs Watch: Attack through defence
32. Affiliative and adversarial discourse
33. How to get thrown out of the House of Commons
fans in the USA for his language style
House of Commons, 11th April 2016
Dennis Skinner by Dun.can CC BY 2.0
34. Capturing accents and jokes
House of Commons, 14th March 2016
35. PMQs Watch: 35 seconds
PMQs, House of Commons, 24th February 2016
36. George Galloway
BBC, Daily Politics, 22nd February 2016
Bull, P. (2003) The Microanalysis of Political Communication: Claptrap and ambiguity. Routledge: London.
37. PMQs Watch: The role of the audience
PMQs, House of Commons, 27th January 2016
38. Wooooo, slow down Andy!
BBC, The Andrew Marr Show, 17th January 2016, (31m20s)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03fr07z
The Andrew Marr show by US Embassy London CC BY-ND 2.0
39. PMQs Watch: Chuntering from a sedentary position
40. The pain of giving season’s greetings in the House
PMQs, House of Commons, 16th December 2015
41. Applause for Benn
42. John McDonnell and the little red book
43. PMQs Watch: Audience as participant
PMQs, House of Commons, 4th November 2015
44. PMQs Watch
PMQs, House of Commons, 28th October 2015
45. PMQs Watch: The Corbyn stare
46. Hesitations
47. PMQs Watch: Corbyn’s crowdsourcing
Example of thatcher using the word ‘frit’ in 1983
48. Revealing ‘ah’ in PMQs
49. Pausing and tone units
PMQs, House of Commons, 25th June 2014
Du Bois, J. W., Cumming, S., Schuetze-Coburn, S. & Paolino, D. (1992), Discourse Transcription, Santa Barbara Papers in Linguistics, 4, Santa Barbara, CA, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
50. Tabloid journalism?
Channel 4 News, 13th July 2015
51. PMQs Watch
PMQs, House of Commons, 1st July 2015
