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2022 results in Discourse analysis

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Discourse-Pragmatic Variation and Change in English
  • New Methods and Insights
  • Edited by Heike Pichler
  • Published online:
    05 May 2016
    Print publication:
    02 June 2016
  • This volume brings together key players in discourse variation research to offer original analyses of a wide range of discourse-pragmatic variables, such as 'like', 'innit', 'you get me', and 'at the end of the day'. The authors introduce a range of new methods specifically tailored to the study of discourse-pragmatic variation and change in synchronic and longitudinal dialect data, and provide new empirical and theoretical insights into discourse-pragmatic variation and change in contemporary varieties of English. The volume thus enhances our understanding of the complexities of discourse-pragmatic variation and change, and encourages new ways of thinking about variability in discourse-pragmatics. With its dual focus on presenting innovative methods as well as new results, the volume will provide an important resource for both newcomers and veterans alike in the field of discourse variation analysis, and spark discussions that will set new directions for future work in the field.

  • 7 - The Primacy of Politics? Political Discourse and Identity Formation

  • Ammon Cheskin
  • Book:
    Russian Speakers in Post-Soviet Latvia
    Published by:
    Edinburgh University Press
    Published online:
    05 August 2016
    Print publication:
    18 January 2016, pp 149-168

  • Summary

    The state of Latvia, which was proclaimed on 18 November 1918, has been established by uniting historical Latvian territories based on the unwavering will of the [ethnic]1 Latvian nation for its own state and on the inalienable right to self-determination in order to guarantee the existence and development of the [ethnic] Latvian nation, its language and culture. (The Constitution of the Republic of Latvia 2014)

    HEGEMONY AND THE ‘PRIMACY OF POLITICS’

    Large sections of this research have placed great emphasis on media production. This has been based on the assumption that media discourse plays a centrally important role in the propagation and articulation of social identities. At the same time, however, the analyses of Chas, Vesti Segodnia, and Atmoda have revealed very close links between the realms of politics and the media. The analysis of Latvia's Russian-language press, for example, pointed to a close link between the political imperatives of the country's ‘Russian’ parties and the discourses that were published within the newspapers in question. While the mass media of communication are essential for widespread dissemination of discourses, here it is also argued that the field of politics is of paramount importance in framing and constituting these discourses in the first instance. This chapter therefore examines political discourses in order to understand their potential impact on both media messages, and individual and group identities in contemporary Latvia.

    In seeking to understand why, and how, the realm of politics is so significant in determining popular, discursive production, it is worth revisiting Gramsci's work on hegemonic formations. As discussed in Chapter 3, Gramsci broadly differentiated between two forms of hegemony: political hegemony and cultural hegemony. Gramsci argued for a re-examination of the Marxist conceptions of class, arguing that classes– or groups of individuals under the banner of ‘classes’– are not entirely concrete and objective entities. Instead they come into existence not only in the political realm, but also as a result of cultural or ideological (discursive) practices. Even within the cultural realm, however, hegemonies are still formed within a political struggle. That is to say that they are formed when a group is striving to achieve hegemony through political ascendency. Gramsci's insights can be extended to the study of numerous group formations, including groups whose membership coalesces around national and ethnic identities.

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