European parliaments under scrutiny : discourse strategies and interaction practices / edited by Cornelia Ilie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ilie, Cornelia.

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; 38.

Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture, 1569-9463 ; 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis--Political aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Parliamentary practice--Cross-cultural studies.

Parliamentary practice.

Communication in politics--Cross-cultural studies.

Communication in politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (386 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the European tradition, parliaments are central political institutions that play a crucial role in the development of democratic societies. No other institution regularly offers a public arena for open deliberation and dissent, for discussing opposite points of view and for reaching compromise solutions between political adversaries. However, in spite of the growing visibility of modern parliaments, the study of parliamentary language use, interaction practices and discourse strategies has long been under-researched. Based on extensive parliamentary data, this book integrates a rich variety of innovative analytical approaches that explore the far-reaching impacts of parliamentary practices and linguistic strategies on current political action and interaction. Individual chapters problematise and re-evaluate the discourse-shaped identities and roles of Members of Parliament, the structure and functions of parliamentary discourse genres, interpersonal behaviour and intertextual meaning co-construction in post-Communist parliaments. They offer broad cross-cultural perspectives on parliamentary discursive psychology and argumentation. The book provides essential reading for scholars and students of language and linguistics, rhetoric, political and social sciences, as well as for anyone interested in language and politics.

Contents:

Introduction / Cornelia Ilie

Parliamentary roles and identities. Political identities in parliamentary debates / Teun A. van Dijk

Identity co-construction in parliamentary discourse practices / Cornelia Ilie

The public and private sphere in parliamentary debate : the construction of the addresser in the Portuguese Parliament / Maria Aldina Marques

Ritualised strategies of parliamentary confrontation. The presentation of a new government to Parliament from ritual to personalisation : a case study from Italy / Donella Antelmi and Francesca Santulli

Patterns of interaction in Austrian parliamentary debates: on the pragmasemantics of unauthorized interruptive comments / Elisabeth Zima, Geert Brône and Kurt Feyaerts

The government control function of the French National Assembly in Questions au gouvernement / Clara-Ubaldina Lorda Mur

Procedural, discursive and rhetorical particularities of post-Communist parliaments. Managing dissent and interpersonal relations in the Romanian parliamentary discourse / Cornelia Ilie

Parliamentary discourse and political transition: Polish parliament after 1989 / Cezar M. Ornatowski

Czech parliamentary discourse: parliamentary interactions and the construction of the addressee / Yordanka Madzharova Bruteig

Contrastive studies of parliamentary rhetoric and argumentation. Ad-hominem arguments in the Dutch and the European Parliaments : strategic manoeuvring in an institutional context / H. José Plug

Rhetorical strategies in the British and Spanish parliaments / Isabel Íñigo-Mora.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612721663

9781282721661

1282721666

9789027288066

9027288062

OCLC:

663886526