Terrorist attacks in Paris. Notes on media birth of precedent phenomena and the limits of tolerance Cover Image

Атентатите в Париж. Бележки за медийното раждане на прецедентни феномени и за границите на толерантността
Terrorist attacks in Paris. Notes on media birth of precedent phenomena and the limits of tolerance

Author(s): Elka Dobreva
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Philology
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: precedent phenomenon; intertextuality; interdiscursivity; media; terrorism; freedom of speech; tolerance

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the role of the media for constructing and confirming certain verbal formulations such as fixed symbolic namings of unique events, turned into precedent phenomena. The theoretical emphasis lies on the linguocultural concept precedent phenomenon while the real life events being the initial reason for the observations are the terrorist attacks in Paris in January 2015 and the specificity of the institutional and civil counteractions against them.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 19-42
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Bulgarian