Strategies of Re-Elaboration of the Past and the Authenticity of Speech Acts of Political Atonement

ABSTRACT This paper analyses the question of authenticity in speech acts political atonement from a critical discourse analysis perspective. The objective is to study how strategies re-elaboration past employed discourses may contribute assess atonement. tackles following research question: do influence act atonement? 2015 statement by Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. argues that Japanese Abe’s endorsed strategy cancellation. claims supporting such prevented being considered genuine