TY - JOUR AU - Campos Vargas, Henry PY - 2020/12/19 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Music, Rhythm and Persuasion: Hitler’s Oratory JF - Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio JA - RIFL VL - 14 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.4396/202013 UR - http://rifl.unical.it/index.php/rifl/article/view/615 SP - AB - Hitler’s oratory was powerful, awesome… As in 1930’s Germany, nowadays, it attracts millions of people around the world. What is the source of this frightening power? How could a man have it? By the Ancient theory of rhythmic prose, this paper studies the importance of rhythm in some German phrases and a Hitler’s speech and the role of their features in the persuasion process. The German language has long and short vowels, diphthongs and accents, like Latin and Greek; therefore, this article gives not only a syllabic and accentual analysis but also a quantitative one in connection with the political argument. ER -