FORMS OF REPEATED DISCOURSE (DOUBLESPEAK) IN ROMANIAN MILITARY MASS MEDIA
FORMS OF REPEATED DISCOURSE (DOUBLESPEAK) IN ROMANIAN MILITARY MASS MEDIA
Author(s): Alexandru Constantinescu, Adrian LesenciucSubject(s): Education, General Reference Works, Business Economy / Management, Political Sciences
Published by: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
Keywords: repeated discourse; doublespeak; langue de bois; mass media; military journals; “Military Observer”
Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to present a thorough analysis of forms of repeatedinterviews present in the Romanian military mass media. Starting from the particularities ofthe repeated discourse, expressed through langue de bois during the communist era and fromits concealed forms displayed within the current Romanian written journals, we debated overthe linguistic patterns used for the accomplishment of two permanent sections of the weekly“Military Observer”. The current paper, part of an ampler research focused on the achievementof a comparative study realized by means of the contents analysis of two sections of the journal,aims at investigating elements of discursive nature that reveal a form of the unconcealed usageof the langue de bois within the “Interview” section of the military publication.
Journal: Journal of Defense Resources Management (JoDRM)
- Issue Year: 6/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 79-84
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English