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Political discourse in transition in Europe, 1989-1991 / edited by Paul A. Chilton, Mikhail V. Ilyin, Jacob L. Mey.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 36.
- Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. 36
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discourse analysis--Political aspects--Europe, Eastern.
- Discourse analysis.
- Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c1998.
- Summary:
- The year 1989 brought political upheavals in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, the effects of which have not yet ended. The political discourse of the Cold War period disintegrated and gave way to competing alternatives. The contributors to this book are linguists, discourse analysts and social scientists, from all corners of the continent, whose tools of analysis shed light on the crucial two years of transition during which political concepts and political interaction changed in dramatic and sometimes violent ways.
- Contents:
- POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN TRANSITION IN EUROPE 1989-1991; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; Note on contributors; INTRODUCTION POLITICAL DISCOURSE AND THE EUROPEAN TRANSFORMATION; 1. A Chronology of Change; 2. Making Sense of the Cold War's Collapse; 3. The Pragmatics of Transition; PART ONE THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET DISCOURSE; 4. The Collapse of Empire and Search for Cultural Identity; 5. PROCESSES OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN THE USSR; 6. The Restructuring of Soviet Political Discourse; PART TWO POLITICAL VOCABULARY IN TRANSITION
- 7. From Comrades to Consumers: Interpersonal Aspects of the Lexicon8. Breakthrough and Blind Alley: The Lexicon of Perestroika; 9. Opposition Discourse in Russia: Political Pamphlets 1989-1991; 10. Justice, Equality and Freedom: The Structure of Value Concepts; 11. Continuity and Change: German Discourse after Unification; 12. Translating the Transition: What is the Russian for 'Perestroika'?; PART THREE DISCOURSE, IDENTITY AND CONFLICT; 13. The Construction of Nation and State: Discourse and Social Space; 14. Cognitive Dimensions of Identity: Ethnic Stereotypes in Poland
- 15. Defining Democracy: Transitional Discourse in Georgia 1990-199116. Language and Identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina; INDEX
- Notes:
- Originated at a conference held in Moscow in Nov. 1989.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- OCLC:
- 743694162
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