Speaking of Europe : approaches to complexity in European political discourse /
In this chapter we take issue with the widespread view that overinterpretations and speculations are signs of weak research and tendentious treatment of data. This view is damaging to the study of political discourse as it encourages the reproduction of common sense and normalcy. In this chapter we...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins,
©2013.
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Colección: | Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ;
v. 49. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In this chapter we take issue with the widespread view that overinterpretations and speculations are signs of weak research and tendentious treatment of data. This view is damaging to the study of political discourse as it encourages the reproduction of common sense and normalcy. In this chapter we therefore argue for the necessity of speculative readings and overinterpretations in studies of political discourse. Extreme and speculative readings of political language - readings that do too much to the data and that read too much into the texts - are crucial for the fine-grained a. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789027272034 9027272034 1299396429 9781299396425 |
ISSN: | 1569-9463 ; |