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Political Discourse in Transition in Europe 1989-1991.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chilton, Paul A. (Paul Anthony)
Otros Autores: Ilyin, Mikhail V., Mey, Jacob L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1998.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 36.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • POLITICAL DISCOURSEIN 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.