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- Critical Theory, Discourse Analysis, History, Cultural History

In dem Beitrag werden die Möglichkeiten und Erkenntnisgewinne einer transdisziplinären Verschränkung der analytischen Kategorien "Raum" und "Diskurs", insbesondere für die kulturwissenschaftliche Stadt- und Öffentlichkeitsforschung, ausgelotet. Ausgangspunkt dafür ist eine gemeinsame Forschungserfahrung der Autorinnen, die interdisziplinäre Ethnografie politischer Raumaneignungen in Mexiko-Stadt, bei der sich die jeweiligen Spezialisierungen (ethnografische Raumforschung bei WILDNER, semiotische Diskursanalyse bei HUFFSCHMID) kreuzten. Diese "Kreuzung" wird hier zunächst in ihren konzeptionellen Prämissen nachvollzogen und anschließend nach Lerneffekten für die analytische Praxis befragt. Ausgangspunkt dafür ist die Annahme der gegenseitigen Durchdrungenheit von Räumlichkeit und Diskursivität: kein Raum (im Sinne von LEFEBVRE) kann ohne seine diskursive Konfiguration gedacht werden, Diskurs (im Sinne FOUCAULTs) wiederum ereignet sich nicht im "luft...

- by Anne Huffschmid
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- Discourse Analysis, Cultural Studies, Ethnography, Discourse

The article deploys discourse theory to study the construction of the homeless subject position in the Greek street paper shedia. After a brief outline of the relevant parts of Laclau and Mouffe's (1985) discourse theory, the article first reports on the theoretical work that outlines the elements that construct the homeless subject position, keeping in mind the existence of a hegemonic version of this homeless subject position, which is driven by stigma and othering. While mainstream media often replicate this problematic representation, street papers offer counter-hegemonic (and more respectful) articulations of the homeless subject position. Through the analysis of shedia’s coverage, three nodal points of the hegemonic discourse on the homeless were identified: the absence of the home as stigma, the lack of agency and the political identity of the denizen. The counter-hegemonic discourse, that can also be found in shedia, comprises three nodal points that are the inverse of those of the hegemonic discourse: the alternative home, the attribution of agency and the political identity of the citizen. Arguably, this case study is relevant because it shows the mirror-image-logics of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic representations, and the significance of using high theory to further our understanding of social practices.

- by Vaia Doudaki and +1
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- Homelessness, Discourse Theory, Discourse Studies, Street Papers

Íñiguez-Rueda, Lupicinio; Martínez-Guzmán, Antar & Flores-Pons, Gemma (2011). "El Discurso en la Psicología Social: Desarrollo y prospectiva". En Anastasio Ovejero y Júpiter Ramos (Coords.) Psicología Social Crítica (pp. 98-116). Madrid:... more

- by Antar Martinez
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- Discourse Analysis, Psychology, Social Psychology, Qualitative methodology

This work analyzes discursive representations within Tocantinian teachers’ enunciations regarding themselves and the exercise of their teaching role, as well as English teaching-learning and its insertion in school. Considering our incursion through French Discourse Analysis we employ conceptions of forgetting, subjecting, ideological and discursive formations, according to Michel Pêcheux. In addition, we use analytical-methodological procedures by Eni Orlandi. Our investigation indicates that prestige and social status, often assigned to English language (EL),
offer significant space to the ideas of struggle and suffering, whereas the sense of accomplishment, self-fulfillment and financial gains tend to be silenced. Teachers find the reasons for EL teaching through a presumed intellectual superiority, a linguistic utilitarianism and the economic system, while averting this same teaching from a propaedeutic function. Furthermore, a “unifying” discourse, which
is a component of Brazilian imaginary, projects teachers as constant sufferers and strugglers. There is also a strong tendency, by teachers, towards reproducing learners’ discourse about EL as a beautiful and difficult language. This image contrasts with an undervalued and underestimated position that teachers believe is assigned to EL in the school curriculum.

- by Fay Wouk
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- Discourse Studies

The blog is an increasingly familiar newcomer to the panoply of academic genres, offering researchers the opportunity to disseminate their work to new and wider audiences of experts and interested lay people. This digital medium, however, also brings challenges to writers in the form of a relatively unpredictable readership and the potential for immediate, public and potentially hostile criticism. To understand how academics in the social sciences respond to this novel rhetorical situation, we explore how they discoursally recontextualize in blogs the scientific information they have recently published in journal articles. Based on two corpora of 30 blog posts and 30 journal articles with the same authors and topics, we examine the ways researchers carefully reconstruct a different writer persona and relationship with their readers using stance and engagement model. In addition to supporting the view that the academic blog is a hybrid genre situated between academic and journalistic...

- by Ken Hyland
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- Sociology, Blogs, Discourse Studies, Metadiscourse
- by Julio C Sal Paz
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- Cyberculture, Discourse Studies

Some Poqomchi' Mayan communities in Guatemala actually practice traditional offering ceremonies. Through the mediation of a ritual specialist, they provide humans with an opportunity to submit requests to divine authorities for something they wish to obtain. The language used during this ritual communication differs from everyday Poqomchi' in certain lexical, grammatical and discursive respects. Based on primary fieldwork data, this paper discusses parallel syntactic constructions, the metaphorical use of certain lexemes, the functions of loanwords and the unexpected choice of tense/aspect/mood categories, among other features. In addition, this article presents morphologically annotated and translated textual extracts from three offering ceremonies, which may be useful for further studies on Poqomchi' ritual communication.

Discourse Studies started out as materialist and political endeavor. Many aspects of this heritage, however, seem to have gotten lost in contemporary approaches to discourse, or live on as a spectral undercurrent that remains implicit. Although Critical Discourse Analysis, the Essex School, enunciative pragmatics as well as other strands avail themselves to materialist theories and could be dubbed materialist, we believe that the relationship between discourse analysis and materialism has not been explored enough with regard to the methodological and conceptual consequences a materialist conception of discourse entails.
In this chapter, we propose to explore the entanglement of materialism and discourse analysis before and in Discourse Studies across three moments of materialist discourse analysis. This will allow drafting some criteria for a materialist study of discourse.
Our argument resonates within a broader research agenda that aims at promoting a genuinely materialist take on discourse by focusing on the relation between discourse, ideology, and political economy. We briefly introduce this perspective in the first section of this chapter.
In the second section, we claim that viable theoretical and methodological elements of a genuinely materialist approach to discourse can be found before and in what is called ‘French’ Discourse Analysis (FDA). More specifically, we argue that a materialist understanding of language and discourse is present in Marxian materialism as well as other early theorists of language and discourse, such as Bakhtin and Vološinov, who help understand discourses in their material and effective reality, as well as in relation to social conditions of power and exploitation – a first moment of materialist discourse analysis. Furthermore, we suggest that parts of Louis Althusser’s work do not merely constitute a theoretical source on which discourse analysts drew and draw, but a discourse analysis avant la lettre – and thus represents a second moment of materialist discourse analysis. We then propose to locate a third moment in the materialist political project of a group of researchers around Michel Pêcheux.
Against this background, the chapter closes with a brief discussion of four criteria that for us characterize a materialist approach to discourse. We will also point to some tensions between them, which can and need to be made productive within a materialist methodological framework.

- by Johannes Beetz and +1
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- Discourse Analysis, Marxism, Poststructuralism, Bakhtin

To the best of my knowledge, this is the first (rhetorical) investigation of Persian stand-up comedy. In the present research, a rhetorical approach is taken to examine humor styles and techniques used in seven stand-up performances. These performances were performed by two Iranian comedians, the finalists from a recent (and probably the first) Persian stand-up comedy contest in Iran. Initially, Asian stand-up comedy is briefly addressed. Then, Persian stand-up comedy is introduced within the continuum of Iranian performing traditions. Afterward, the typology, unit of analysis and the communication framework employed in this research are elaborated on. Having established the historical and theoretical preliminaries, the paper reports on and discusses the findings. Particularly, the rhetorical devices used by the comedians to create humor are highlighted. Moreover, several aspects of the interaction between the comedians and the audience are touched upon. Finally, the paper points out several directions of Persian stand-up comedy, the study’s limitations and suggestions for further research.

- by Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza
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- Discourse Analysis, Rhetoric, Comedy, Humor

Considering the importance of Discourse Markers (DMs) in EFL writing, this study aims to find out how the teachers teaching adult EFL learners in Saudi Arabia perceive the use of DMs in developing writing skills of their students. The quantitative research tool used in this study is an adapted form of the survey originally developed by Fung (2011). The responses to the survey have been analyzed by comparing the native-nonnative teachers' perceptions and male-female teachers' perceptions. The major research finding is that all the EFL teachers attach great value to the use and teaching of DMs, yet they feel forced to teach only those few DMs which are part of the textbooks and in which the students would be tested. Major recommendation is that all important DMs should be incorporated in the syllabus and made part of the assessment to make EFL adult Saudi learners proficient in writing skills.

Speech acts shape the core of pragmatic competence and their mastery is a prerequisite for successful discourse encounters in an L2. Cross-cultural comparisons, as claimed by Johnstone (2018), are very effective for knowing and acquiring the speech acts. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to compare a limited number of communicative routines in English and Persian within the framework of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) developed by Wierzbicka (1991) and to examine if the words uttered by speakers at the surface level (exterior) would match their thoughts (interior) especially in such routines as compliment, request, and invitation patterns. The participants comprised 21 MA students studying Eng-lish language teaching. The data was obtained by a validated researcher-made questionnaire containing both structured and unstructured items and 10 scenarios on the basis of which the study participants provided comments, appropriate expressions, and responses. For the English routines, the data was obtained from three English plays. The aforementioned communicative routines in Persian were described in terms of their NSM while the metalinguistic components for the English routines were adopted from Wierz-bicka (1991). The results indicated that the NSM provided rich insights into subliminal cross-cultural differences. Since this study makes use of simple cultural scripts (similar to circumlocution) to describe communicative routines in both English and Persian, learners can easily understand differences within the hidden cross-cultural bound interactions. Implications of the study suggest that both EFL teachers and learners can gain more profound insights about the cross-cultural sociopragmatic differences between English and Persian.

- by Ali Malmir
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- Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Studies, Pragmatics, Semantics

Facebook is one of the social platforms used by many people to interact and writing is one channel used. There are various categories of written text in Facebook, one of which is condolences. This paper aims to identify the language features used in composing the condolence messages in order to assess its suitability as a writing model. A total of 75 condolence messages published on a public website of Facebook was downloaded. Using linguistic analysis, the postings were tagged and then individually examined and compared. Findings suggest that Facebook condolence messages are typically short and the level of language is casual and loose. It was noted that the condolence messages were composed in ungrammatical structures, containing bad spelling and punctuations followed by some peculiar expressions. This sloppiness, it is argued, points to the lack of observation of audience awareness and editing practices. Consequently, it compromises the writer's social status and credibility. In that regard, Facebook may not serve as a good writing model for language learners but it is a good research site to study language use.

- by Ching Hei Kuang
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- Language Use, Discourse Studies
- by Sirpa Leppänen
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- Ethnography, Multilingualism, Sociolinguistics, Social Media

Chapter 5 studies janteloven ‘the Jante Law’, a much-cited but often misunderstood Danish cultural construct. The chapter explores the cultural semantics of janteloven and studies how the term functions in con-temporary Danish discourses. Through an original semantic exegesis, the chapter exposes stereotypes commonly associated with janteloven. It argues that the underlying values can be identified in accordance with, not in opposition to, dominant cultural discourses of “tender values” in Danish society.

The thesis (defended in Russia in 2003) deals with strategies of persuasion in the US Presidential Debates. Introductory, variational and additive strategies in their tactical variations are discussed. The interactional dynamics of the... more

- by Julia Ivanova
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- Political communication, Rhetorics, Persuasion, Discourse Studies
- by Guiomar Ciapuscio
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- Discourse Studies
- by Sirpa Leppänen
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- Education, Social Work, Pragmatics, Semantics
- by Nelly Tincheva
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- Discourse Analysis, Discourse, Critical Discourse Analysis, Cognitive Linguistics

In diesem Kapitel werden zunächst wichtige theoretische und methodische Ansätze der linguistischen Diskursforschung vorgestellt. In einem zweiten Schritt fokussiere ich relevante Dimensionen der Kritischen Diskursforschung (KDF), da dieses Forschungsprogramm am ehesten sowohl Theorie wie Empirie in einer problemorientierten Untersuchung komplexer sozialer Phänomene vereint. Anhand der Anwendung des Diskurshistorischen Ansatzes (DHA) werden bei- spielhaft die wichtigsten Schritte einer problem-orientierten interdisziplinären KDF bei der qualitativen und quantitativen Analyse des hegemonialen öster- reichischen Migrationsdiskurses seit 2015 illustriert.

- by Jan Svennevig
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- Discourse Studies

Cultural keywords are words around which whole discourses are organised. They are culturally revealing, difficult to translate and semantically diverse. They capture how speakers have paid attention to the worlds they live in and embody socially recognised ways of thinking and feeling. The book contributes to a global turn in cultural keyword studies by exploring keywords from discourse communities in Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan, Melanesia, Mexico and Scandinavia. Providing new case studies, the volume showcases the diversity of ways in which cultural logics form and shape discourse. The Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach is used as a unifying framework for the studies. This approach offers an attractive methodology for doing explorative discourse analysis on emic and culturally-sensitive grounds. Cultural Keywords in Discourse will be of interest to researchers and students of semantics, pragmatics, cultural discourse studies, linguistic ethnography and intercultural communication.

- by Carsten Levisen and +5
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- Language and Culture, Lexical Semantics, Keywords, Discourse Studies

This article offers a fresh critique of the work of political scientists and historians who have propagated the Eurocentric history of democracy. The paper argues that such work can be dissected and critiqued along several key lines: their reliance on a distinctly patriarchal discourse riddled with prejudices; the assertion that one can understand the history of democracy via the etymology of the word itself; and the deeply Eurocentric
roots of the study of democracy’s past embedded in the canon of Western political thought. The paper concludes by calling on contemporary political scientists and political historians concerned with the history of democracy to be careful in re-iterating this deeply flawed history of democracy and to instead work towards a history of democracy that retrieves the silenced histories and the forgotten democratic moments that lay behind the roar of Western power.

- by Benjamin Isakhan
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- Discourse Analysis, History, Ancient History, European History

This study was conducted under the scope of Sociolinguistics and Critical Discourse Studies, which provided an approximation to the discursive strategies of self-representation and other-representation employed by Donald Trump through Twitter. This study aimed to identify and interpret the discursive strategies to construct and deny racism. For this purpose, this study focused on the analysis from four perspectives: Referential, predication and argumentation strategies approach proposed by Wodak and the discursive strategies of denial of racism, proposed by van Dijk. Also, the interpretation of these strategies explained the underlying exercise of power that Critical Discourse Analysis has as an objective. The results showed that the construction of racism was articulated by linking different immigrant groups with negative evaluations, such as Syrians with terrorism, Mexican with rape and drugs and general immigrants as responsible for the economic and social problems of the U.S. Also, argumentation and denial strategies were interpreted concluding that Donald Trump employed negative attributes to immigrants to justify the building of a wall and his election as president, denying that he is a racist and presenting himself as the savior of the U.S.

The political landscape in Europe is currently going through a phase of rapid change. New actors and movements that claim to represent 'the will of the people' are attracting considerable public attention, with dramatic consequences for election outcomes. This volume explores the new political order with a particular focus on discursive constructions of 'the people' and the category of populism across the spectrum. It shows how a unitary representation of 'the people' is a central element in a vast range of very diverse political discourses today, acting to anchor identities and project antagonisms in a multitude of settings. The chapters in this book explore commonality and contrast in representations of 'the people' in both radical and mainstream political movements, looking in depth at recent political discourses in the European sphere. The authors draw on approaches ranging from Essex-style discourse theory over critical discourse studies, corpus analysis and linguistic prag-matics, to investigate how historically situated categories such as the people and populism become fixed through local linguistic, textual and narrative practices as well as through wider ideological and discursive patterns.

- by Jan Zienkowski and +7
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- Discourse Analysis, Critical Discourse Studies, Nationalism, Populism

This hyperlink takes you to the complete text of LACAN AND MEANING, Chapter 3: Lacan on Meaning

- by William J. Urban
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- Discourse Analysis, Psychoanalysis, Gender Studies, Philosophy

Este curso tiene por objetivo general brindar una introducción al análisis de los discursos visuales y audiovisuales en las sociedades contemporáneas. Ello requiere tener en cuenta, por un lado, los fundamentos epistemológicos, teóricos y metodológicos de la imagen como fenómeno histórico y cultural, y su relación con la dimensión sonora y, por el otro, los problemas contemporáneos asociados a la imagen en una era de globalización, marcada por la aceleración de lo social y la convergencia mediática.
La coalescencia de una mirada sincrónica y una diacrónica acerca del estatuto de lo audiovisual encuentra en los estudios visuales, los estudios culturales y la semiótica orientaciones disciplinares que permiten organizar de manera sistemática diferentes interrogantes relacionados con la cultura audiovisual. En la formación en ciencias sociales, artes y ciencias humanas, el análisis de los discursos audiovisuales permite, como campo de estudio, no sólo la puesta a prueba de distintas estrategias de análisis, teniendo en cuenta lenguajes y soportes diversos, sino también considerar el problema de la omnipresencia de lo audiovisual en la vida cotidiana y en la interfaz entre las esferas privada y pública.
El curso apuesta, en líneas generales, a que los asistentes puedan desarrollar un conocimiento sistematizado de los aspectos fundamentales vinculados al análisis de los discursos audiovisuales, a partir del acceso a material de trabajo clásico y reciente de la comunicación audiovisual.

- by Mariano Dagatti
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- Discourse Analysis, Semiotics, Cultural Studies, Media Studies

"ABSTRACT:
This study assumes the subject's pursuit of meaning is generally incapacitating and should be suspended. It aims to demonstrate how such a suspension is theoretically accomplished by utilizing Lacan's formulae of sexuation integrated with his work in discourse theory and topology.
Part I places this study into context by examining scholarship from the established fields of hermeneutics, phenomenology, (post)structuralism, aesthetic theory and psychoanalysis in order to extract out their respective theory of meaning. These theories reveal that an historical struggle with meaning has been underway since the Reformation and reaches near crisis proportions in the 20th century. On the one hand this crisis is mollified by the rise of Heideggerian-Gadamerian hermeneutical phenomenology which questions traditional epistemological approaches to the text using a new ontological conceptualization of meaning and a conscious rejection of methodology. On the other hand this crisis is exacerbated when the ubiquitous nature of meaning is itself challenged by (post)structuralism's discovery of the signifier which inscribes a limit to meaning, and by the domains of sense and nonsense newly opened up by aesthetic theory. These historical developments culminate in the field of psychoanalysis which most consequentially delimits a cause of meaning said to be closely linked to the core of subjectivity.
Part II extends these findings by rigorously constructing out of the Lacanian sexuated formulae a decidedly non-hermeneutical phenomenological approach useful in demonstrating the sexual nature of meaning. Explicated in their static state by way of an account of their original derivation from the Aristotelian logical square, it is argued that these four formulae are relevant to basic concerns of textual theory inclusive of the hermeneutical circle of meaning. These formulae are then set into motion by integrating them with Lacan's four discourses to demonstrate the breakdown of meaning. Finally, the cuts and sutures of two-dimensional space that is topology as set down in L'étourdit are performed to confirm how the very field of meaning is ultimately suspended from a nonsensical singular point known in Lacanian psychoanalysis as objet a. The contention is that by occupying this point the subject frees himself from the debilitating grip of meaning."

- by William J. Urban
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- Discourse Analysis, History of Linguistics, Philology, Psychoanalysis
- by Saeid Najafi Sarem
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- Discourse Studies

The book is about the peace implementation process in Bosnia-Herzegovina viewed, or interpreted reasonably, as a continuation of war by other means. Twenty years after the beginning of the Dayton peace accords, we need to summarize the results: the author shares the general agreement in public opinion, according to which the process is a failure.
Pehar presents a broad, yet sufficiently detailed, view of the entire peace agreement implementation that preserves ‘the state of war,’ and thus encourages the war-prone attitudes in the parties to the agreement. He examines the political and narratological underpinnings to the process of the imposed international (predominantly USA) interpretation of the Dayton constitution and peace treaty as a whole. The key issue is the – perhaps only semi-consciously applied – divide ut imperes strategy.
After nearly twenty years, the peace in document was not translated into a peace on the ground because, with regard to the key political and constitutional issues and attitudes, Bosnia remains a deeply divided society.
The book concludes that the international supervision served a counter-purpose: instead of correcting the aberration and guarding the meaning that was originally accepted in the Dayton peace treaty, the supervision approved the aberration and imposed it as a new norm under the clout of ‘the power of ultimate interpretation.’

En los últimos años han surgido géneros (especialmente audiovisuales) que podríamos denominar híbridos, puesto que comparten características formales o funcionales de varios géneros tradicionales. En la línea de estas investigaciones, el objetivo de este estudio es la caracterización discursiva de un género híbrido con fuertes componentes conversacionales y humorísticos. Nuestro objeto de estudio ha sido el programa radiofónico de improvisación llamado «Nadie Sabe Nada», de la Cadena Ser, presentado por Andreu Buenafuente y Berto Romero. Dada la interacción aparentemente espontánea y no guionizada entre los presentadores, la pregunta de investigación es si se trata de una conversación coloquial o no y qué diferencias se encuentran con la conversación coloquial prototípica. Para ello, y desde la perspectiva de análisis de la conversación coloquial de Briz et al. (2002) y de la lingüística del humor de Ruiz Gurillo (2012, 2014), se han buscado características típicamente coloquiales en el corpus de «Nadie sabe nada» en el nivel fónico, pragmático, morfosintáctico, léxico y estructural para observar las semejanzas y diferencias entre la conversación y el género estudiado. Los primeros resultados muestran que este programa supone un género híbrido entre el monólogo de humor clásico y la conversación coloquial. Aunque los límites no sean taxativos, la intención comunicativa (transaccional) de los hablantes marca una línea clara entre la convesación coloquial prototípica y el discurso humorístico. Este género híbrido se ha denominado «conversación humorística».
In recent years, genres have emerged (especially in the audio-visual field) that could be called hybrids, since they share the formal or functional characteristics of several traditional genres. In line with these investigations, the aim of this study is the discursive characterisation of a hybrid genre with strong conversational and humorous components. Our object of study has been the improvisation radio show called “Nadie Sabe Nada”, broadcasted in Cadena Ser, presented by Andreu Buenafuente and Berto Romero. However, in some episodes, the radio show is structured around the two of them talking and interspersing topics of conversation that generate humour for 50 minutes. Given the seemingly spontaneous and unscripted interaction between both presenters, the subject matter is whether or not it is a colloquial conversation and what differences are found with the prototypical colloquial conversation. In order to do so, the perspectives of analysis of the colloquial conversation of Briz et al. (2002) and the linguistics of humour of Ruiz Gurillo (2012, 2014) have been taken into account. In doing so, the colloquial characteristics have been sought in the corpus of “Nadie sabe nada” at the phonic, pragmatic, morphosyntactic, lexical and structural levels in order to observe the similarities and differences between the two genres studied. Although the boundaries are not set, speakers’ communicative intention (transaccional) sets a line between prototypical colloquial conversation and humorous discourse. This hybrid genre has been named “humorous conversation”.

- by Natàlia Server Benetó
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- Discourse Analysis, Conversation Analysis, Humor, Radio
- by ERNST R WENDLAND
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- Discourse Analysis, New Testament, Discourse, Biblical Studies
- by Jack Sidnell
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- Semiotics, Linguistic Anthropology, Discourse, Materiality (Anthropology)

The perception of femicide and violence against women has known a constant evolution in recent years; both mass media and political and social actors tried to raise awareness on the issue. According to Diana Russell’s definition (the killing of females by males because they are females), femicide has to be considered as a social and political fact and not just as ordinary crimes: it represents extreme manifestations of male dominance over female.
Our aim is to analyse how these facts are represented every day in the Italian press. In our thesis we collected and analysed articles from the online edition of four of the most important national newspapers in Italy (Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica, Il Fatto Quotidiano and Libero) and from two Sardinian local newspapers (L’Unione Sarda and La Nuova Sardegna). The time span goes from January 2010 to May 2015.
We will examine how the characters are depicted in the texts, what are the reasons behind the facts, and how violence itself is described, together with other linguistic aspects related to the headlines, to the use of direct speech and quotes from the protagonists of the events.

- by Paolo Orrù and +1
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- Discourse Analysis, Gender Studies, Media Studies, Journalism
- by John Heritage
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- Discourse Studies
- by Luís M. Santos
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- Music History, Musicology, Reception Studies, Portuguese Contemporary History

Resumen: El presente trabajo analiza, a partir de un conjunto de fórmulas (el fútbol arte, especialmente), la circulación de discursos sobre una posible identidad brasileña. Desde un punto de vista metodológico, tiene como objetivo demostrar la productividad de la organización de un corpus relevante según el trayecto (parcours, Maingueneau 2008) de las fórmulas (Krieg-Planque 2010) elegidas. Servirán de escenario, junto con obras históricas y sociológicas sobre la “brasilidad”, los ensayos de Wisnik (2008), Antunes (2004) y Rodrigues (1958), así como los de Pasolini ([1971] 1999), quien contrasta el fútbol prosa con el fútbol poesía y considera que este último caracteriza al fútbol brasileño.
Palabras-clave: fútbol arte, fútbol callejero, fórmula discursiva, estereotipo.
Resumo: O presente trabalho analisa, a partir de um conjunto de fórmulas (futebol arte, especialmente), a circulação de discursos sobre uma possível identidade brasileira. Do ponto de vista metodológico, objetiva ainda mostrar a produtividade da organização de um corpus relevante seguindo o percurso (parcours, Maingueneau 2008) das fórmulas (Krieg-Planque 2010) escolhidas. Ensaios como os de Wisnik (2008), Antunes (2004) e Rodrigues (1958), além de Pasolini ([1971] 1999) – que opõe futebol prosa ao futebol poesia, que é como ele caracteriza o futebol brasileiro – servirão como pano de fundo, juntamente com obras históricas e sociológicas sobre “brasilidade”.
Palavras-chave: futebol arte, futebol moleque, fórmula discursiva, estereótipo

- by Helio Oliveira and +1
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- Discourse Analysis, Languages and Linguistics, Discourse Studies

This paper explores how philosophical inquiry and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) can mutually benefit from each other to produce new methodological and reflexive directions in neo-liberal policy research to examine the phenomenon of ‘What is (going on here)’. Through this we argue that augmenting linguistic analysis with philosophical perspectives develops and supports CDA scholarship more broadly by accommodating the shifting complexity of social problems of ideologically driven inequality that are inbuilt through, in our case, social policy texts. In discussing philosophical-methodological issues, the paper argues for the need to continually adapt CDA to the particular data so as to remain sensitive to and avoid hegemonic tendencies in analysis. Through adopting the principles of a working methodology, we discuss a micro-meso-macro CDA framework that draws on the analytical concepts of movement, metaphorical superfluidity, thematic condensation, and surrealism to conceive of a research approach capable of examining and comprehending evolving discourses of political economies. The most immediate benefit of this framework is its capacity to illustrate how forms of valuations perpetuated by and through policy discourse are the motivational locus of meaning making insofar as they strongly inform the moral underpinning the ideology of economic growth.

- by Nadira Talib and +1
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- Critical Theory, Business, Business Ethics, Discourse Analysis
- by Solange Maria de Barros
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- Creative Writing, History, Cultural Studies, Criminology

Chapter in the book titled: Franco: la represión como sistema

- by Matilde Eiroa San Francisco
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- Contemporary History, Spanish History, Spanish Civil War, Francoism