100th Anniversary of the Republic: Strategies and Language Tools for Constructing Austrian National Identity in Socio- Political and Mass-Media Discourse
100th Anniversary of the Republic: Strategies and Language Tools for Constructing Austrian National Identity in Socio- Political and Mass-Media Discourse
Author(s): Elena SHIRLINASubject(s): Media studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Comparative Linguistics, Evaluation research, Politics and Identity
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: National Identity; Strategies of Identity Construction; National Narrative; Panel Discussion; Premium Newspaper;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is devoted to the comparison of two medially different “texts“– panel discussion and the premium newspaper “Der Standard” – united by a common topic: the 100th anniversary of the Austrian Republic, in terms of strategies and specific language tools used to construct a national identity. The author assumes that the set of strategies, in general, will coincide, since both texts are inscribed in the context of a broad public discussion about the fate of the country in the conditions of a postnational society. However, there may be differences in their implementation with the help of specific linguistic means, due to the medial and conceptual differences, different contexts in which communication takes place, etc.
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 79-91
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English