scholarly journals War Metaphors in Political Communication on Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunice Castro Seixas
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
War Metaphor

Although militaristic metaphors have been pervasive during health crisis in political and science communication, few works have examined how these linguistic devices may influence crisis communication. Drawing on critical discourse analysis (CDA) and on crisis communication literature, I show how political representatives have used the war metaphor for very different purposes in terms of crisis communication and management of the current Covid-19 pandemic. I suggest that these findings challenge previous criticisms of the war metaphor as inherently negative and damaging. Finally, I discuss possibilities of using CDA, and specifically, metaphor analysis to inform and expand crisis communication.

scholarly journals Rethinking Critical Metaphor Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Li
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Metaphor Theory ◽  
Critical Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Research Findings

<p>Critical Metaphor Analysis is concerned with integrating critical discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, pragmatics and cognitive linguistics to explore implicit speaker intentions and covert power relations through the analysis of metaphoric expressions. CMA has been a meaningful enrichment of both Critical Discourse Analysis and Conceptual Metaphor Theory. This paper aims to give an overview of the formation of CMA, the research findings, the existing problems and the possible solutions.</p>

Pragmalinguistic Categories in Discourse Analysis of Science Journalism

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Science Journalism ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
Analytic Potential ◽  
Science Magazine

AbstractDrawing on selected approaches from pragmatics, functional linguistics, discourse space theories and evaluation theories, this article proposes a methodological framework for the study of science journalism. It presents the institutional context of science journalism, which is considered a hybrid discourse, as it combines features of science communication and of market-driven journalism, particularly the need for the coverage to meet the criteria of newsworthiness. To enable the study of how science journalists tend to engage the readers linguistically without foregoing the appearances of credibility, the article demonstrates the analytic potential of such pragmalinguistic categories as illocutionary force, reference and positioning, agency and stance, proximization and alignment, as well as emotivity and evaluation. Finally, the article illustrates the applicability of the above categories in a qualitative analysis of a special corpus of “most-read” medicine and biotechnology reports published in the online version of the popular international science magazine New Scientist. The analysis shows how to combine these categories in a productive way in order to develop a methodologically viable and theoretically grounded approach to doing (critical) discourse analysis of science journalism.

scholarly journals The Conceptual Apparatus for a Critical Analysis of Speech: Discourse and Authority: الأجهزة المفهومية للتحليل النقدي للخطاب: الخطاب والسلطة

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hammani Hassane
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Analysis Theory ◽  
Communicative Theory ◽  
Linguistic Approach

This article sums up the discussion of a deep structural, linguistic and communicative theory. It is related to different but interconnected fields that enable a meticulous approach to the text, for it focuses on different aspects: starting with the outer layer, going through the structure and ending with its reception. It is the critical discourse analysis, which is a modern linguistic approach that works on the explanation and interpretation of language by going beyond the structure of a sentence and the textual interrelations to reach all the dominant social and historical contexts. Its goal is to analyze the discourse from a critical perspective through scrutiny, refutation and questioning. This approach has been part of the discourse analysis theory since the 60s as a body of knowledge that combines different fields, such as politics, sociology, psychoanalysis and rhetoric. It is concerned with studying political communication in society.

scholarly journals Oligarchical Populism; The Analysis of President Joko Widodo's Political Communication

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 446-458
Author(s):  
Andi Andi ◽  
Anang Sujoko ◽  
Wawan Sobari
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Political Field ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Regional Area ◽  
First Impression

There are two perspectives toward the appearance of Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to a national political field. The first impression represents optimism towards political decentralization in Indonesia is by addressing Jokowi as a populist figure who can be a politician from a regional area to a capital city. Then, the second impression represents the oligarchy thesis, which is called the rise of Jokowi to a national political landscape because of oligarchies firmly rooted in Indonesia. This study aims to analyze Jokowi’s political communication through populism and oligarchy framework, and the domination of both. This study uses the transformative critical paradigm with the critical discourse analysis (CDA) Teun. A van Dijk’s model as method. The communication of Jokowi’s politics related to corruption eradication, investment escalation, and freedom of expression are analyzed critically by using that method. The result reveals that Jokowi is under two political concepts which contrast to one another, namely populism and oligarchy. These concepts make Jokowi a weak figure who fights the oligarchy’s will. Consequently, Jokowi is not sincerely fighting the KPK’s weakening strategy, inconsistency in developing investment, and the non-sense statement about freedom of expression. In this case, Jokowi (a populist) is being in the oligarchs’ co-optation or ‘oligarchical populism’.

scholarly journals American Offensive Funny Riddles: A Critical Metaphor Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 107-121
Author(s):  
Ahmed Sahib Jabir Mubarak
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Critical Metaphor Analysis ◽  
Power Inequality ◽  
American Society

The paradox in the offensive humor lies in the assumption that what evokes laughter can be harmful for someone. Linguistically, the offense can be expressed directly and indirectly, additionally, humor, including riddles is one of the most effective ways to show offense or aggression toward someone. Humor, on the other hand, is mostly expressed indirectly. Metaphoric forms are said to be one of the most appealing strategies of humor language. The present study aims at applying a critical metaphor analysis of some randomly selected American offensive humorous riddles related to various aspects of offense like race and nation. In this approach to critical discourse analysis, the cognitive aspect is added for the sake of analyzing figurative forms like metaphor which is considered as an important part of ideology. Thus, critical metaphor analysis covers both social and cognitive aspects. It is concluded that offensive jokes (namely funny riddles) can be used as a tool to measure the aggressiveness towards certain social aspects like race; on the other hand, metaphors afford indications of facets of power, inequality and people ideologies in American society.

scholarly journals Critical Discourse Analysis: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches

2019 ◽  
pp. 206-216
Author(s):  
Marina Matytsina
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Social Coordination ◽  
Methodological Approaches

The article is devoted to formation and development of discourse analysis as an effective method to study functional aspects of political communication in global political space. It reports on main theoretical and methodological approaches to critical analysis of political discourse. Mainly, it deals with theoretical and methodological perspectives of three leading schools of critical discourse analysis: discourse analysis of N. Fairclough, that presents a relational approach to considering social problems in their relation to textual analysis; socio-cognitive theory of T.A. van Dijk, oriented to investigating relations between cognitive structures, discourse and social coordination; discourse analysis of R. Wodak, that uses historical approach to discourse and is aimed at description of powerful language of the elite that helps to maintain dominance in society. The paper characterizes some frameworks of critical analysis of political discourse, including the Duisburg School of Critical Discourse Analysis (S. Jäger, F. Maier), System-Functional and Social-Semiotic Theory (M. Halliday, T. van Leeuwen), and Mediated Discourse Analysis (R. Scollon, S. Scollon). It is stated that within its boundaries critical discourse analysis includes a variety of approaches, analytical tools and methodologies. The author underlines that scientific consideration of critical discourse analysis will demonstrate its potential and prospects for integrating this interdisciplinary qualitative methodology into a set of empirical tools of modern political science.

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