Lisa Villadsen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Lisa Villadsen is involved.
Article
2014 More than a nice ritual: Official apologies as a rhetorical act in need of theoretical re-conceptualization Let's talk politics: New essays on deliberative rhetoric, Van Belle, Hilde, Kris Rutten, Paul Gillaerts, Dorien Van De Mieroop and Baldwin Van Gorp (eds.), pp. 27–43 | Article
Official apologies are public statements of regret presented in the name of collectivities such as nation states, governments, or religious institutions for wrongful actions in the past. This paper argues that we need a theoretical re-conceptualization of the genre in order to better understand its… read more