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What is Political Language?
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About the lecture
In this module, we think about what is political language, focusing in particular on: (i) political language as a means of creating cooperation and achieving consensus; (ii) political language as a means of enforcing power and authority; (iii) political language as an appeal to common, shared values; (iv) political language as a means of distinguishing the in-group from the out-group; (v) the asymmetry of power implicit in political language; (vi) the interest of political language to a range of different disciplines: linguists, political scientists, philosophers of language, moral psychologists, etc.; (vii) political language as language in action; and (viii) the important of both monologic and dialogic forms, as well as of both written and spoken texts.
About the lecturer
Prof. Jonathan Charteris-Black is Professor in Linguistics at UWE Bristol. His recent publications include Metaphors of Brexit: No cherries on the cake? (2019) and Analysing Political Speeches: Rhetoric, Discourse and Metaphor (2018).
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Charteris-Black, J. (2022, April 11). Language and Journalism - What is Political Language? [Video]. MASSOLIT. https://massolit.io/options/language-and-journalism?auth=0&lesson=6161&option=1015&type=lesson
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Charteris-Black, J. "Language and Journalism – What is Political Language?." MASSOLIT, uploaded by MASSOLIT, 11 Apr 2022, https://massolit.io/options/language-and-journalism?auth=0&lesson=6161&option=1015&type=lesson