„Gesagt. Getan.“: Der Handlungsaspekt des persuasiven Diskurses im National- sozialismus unter argumentationsanalytischem Blickwinkel

An orator tries to turn his/her personal point of view into a generally accepted one using a variety of rhetorical means; one of which is argumentation. However, since the relationship between rhetoric and argumentation is somewhat controversial, I will first of all try to identify the role of argumentation within rhetoric. After that, I will briefly discuss the nature of a wide range of argumentation schemes. Arguments have been classified in different ways. One very convincing and effective way is that suggested by Kienpointner. I will present his typology, which will afterwards serve as basis for my empirical analysis of an important speech given by Hitler on February 1st, 1933. I have identified ten groups of argumentative structures in this speech, which will be discussed and illustrated by numerous examples. My main concern of the analysis is the pragmatic aspect of the political speech. The key question is what changes for the audience after listening to that speech? The audience gets new information or maybe familiar information but from a new point of view, and this will have some influence on the audience’s future outlook

Carotid intima-media thickness and its associations with type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Africans

OBJECTIVES: Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a surrogate marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and a predictor of cardiovascular events. Few studies in Africa have evaluated CIMT and its associations in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study measured CIMT in a sample of mainly black South African patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and evaluated the association of demographic and clinical risk factors with CIMT. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Kafalong Hospital, a large community hospital in Pretoria that mainly serves an urban black community. SUBJECTS: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. OUTCOME MEASURES: We evaluated clinical, biochemical and CIMT ultrasound measurements in a standardised fashion. RESULTS: In 185 patients, the univariate significant predictors of mean far-wall CIMT were age [beta 0.007 (standard error 0.001)], systolic blood pressure [beta 0.001 (standard error 0.000)] and inverse serum creatinine [beta -8.15 (standard error 3.23)]. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-1, apolipoprotein B:A-1 ratio and apolipoprotein B:A-1 ratio > 1.2 all had p-values below 0.1, but above 0.05. Age had the largest R-squared (20%). The multivariate models did not explain more of the variation in CIMT than did age alone. CONCLUSION: Lipid parameters were related to CIMT in our study population. However, this did not reach statistical significance in this relatively small sample, and lipids added very little to the variability of CIMT compared with age alone.http://www.jemdsa.co.za/index.php/JEMDSAay201

«Why deverbal nouns rather than finite verbs?» A semantic-pragmatic case-study in Spanish and Portuguese.

This paper focusses on a) the qualitative difference between octants depending on verbs and octants required by nouns and b) the question whether it might be primarily pragmatic rather than stylistic reasons which account for the preference of deverbal nouns over finite verbs in certain contexts. Political speeches by Franco and Salazar provide us with challenging corpora for our analysis

Carotid intima-media thickness and its associations with type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Africans

Objectives: Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is a surrogate marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and a predictor of cardiovascular events. Few studies in Africa have evaluated CIMT and its associations in people withtype 2 diabetes mellitus. This study measured CIMT in a sample of mainly black South African patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and evaluated the association of demographic and clinical risk factors with CIMT.Design: Cross-sectional study.Setting: Kafalong Hospital, a large community hospital in Pretoria that mainly serves an urban black community.Subjects: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Outcome measures: We evaluated clinical, biochemical and CIMT ultrasound measurements in a standardised fashion.Results: In 185 patients, the univariate significant predictors of mean far-wall CIMT were age [beta 0.007 (standard error 0.001)], systolic blood pressure [beta 0.001 (standard error 0.000)] and inverse serum creatinine [beta -8.15 (standard error 3.23)]. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, apolipoprotein A-1, apolipoprotein B:A-1 ratio and apolipoprotein B:A-1 ratio > 1.2 all had p-values below 0.1, but above 0.05. Age had the largest R-squared (20%). The multivariate models did not explain more of the variation in CIMT than did age alone.Conclusion: Lipid parameters were related to CIMT in our study population. However, this did not reach statistical significance in this relatively small sample, and lipids added very little to the variability of CIMT compared with age alone

“Análisis del discurso político: la metáfora y otros recursos” IN Lenguajes de la política. Más allá de las palabras, Maria Alessandra Giovannini & Francesca De Cesare (eds), Napoli: UNIOR PRESS. pp. 33-43. ISSN: 978-88-6719-185-7

Este estudio se centra en la selección y el análisis de diez discursos políticos que versan sobre diferentes cuestiones. Centramos nuestro objetivo en explorar la elección de los términos, en el uso de figuras retóricas y en el análisis de los diferentes estilos que caracterizan a los discursos de las personalidades políticas que se encuentran al frente de las altas esferas de los Gobiernos