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Power relations through the prism of critical discourse analysis and systemic functional grammar
Power relations through the prism of critical discourse analysis and systemic functional grammar

Author(s): Kemal Avdagić, Mirza Džanić
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: systemic functional grammar; critical discourse analysis; presupposition; power relations; ideology;

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to evaluate the role of language in a specific socio-political context. It offers acritical approach and evaluation of the political statements of the European Union representatives regarding the process of the accession of Bosnia and Hercegovina to the European Union. The focus of the linguistic investigation is on the identification of language structures that participate in the development of communicative models that enable the establishment of power relations between participating entities. The linguistic data is obtained through systemic functional grammar and evaluated using critical discourse analysis.

  • Issue Year: 11/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 63-98
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: English