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Political Discourse in Transition in Europe 1989-1991 [electronic resource]

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The year 1989 brought political upheavals in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, the effects of which have not yet ended. The political discourse of the Cold War period disintegrated and gave way to competing alternatives. The contributors to this book are linguists, discourse analysts and social scientists, from all corners of the continent, whose tools of analysis shed light on the crucial two years of transition during which political concepts and political interaction changed in dramatic and sometimes violent ways.

Title Political Discourse in Transition in Europe 1989-1991 [electronic resource].
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Creation Date 1998
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Content POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN TRANSITION IN EUROPE 1989-1991
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
Note on contributors
INTRODUCTION POLITICAL DISCOURSE AND THE EUROPEAN TRANSFORMATION
1. A Chronology of Change
2. Making Sense of the Cold War's Collapse
3. The Pragmatics of Transition
PART ONE THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET DISCOURSE
4. The Collapse of Empire and Search for Cultural Identity
5. PROCESSES OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN THE USSR
6. The Restructuring of Soviet Political Discourse
PART TWO POLITICAL VOCABULARY IN TRANSITION
7. From Comrades to Consumers: Interpersonal Aspects of the Lexicon8. Breakthrough and Blind Alley: The Lexicon of Perestroika
9. Opposition Discourse in Russia: Political Pamphlets 1989-1991
10. Justice, Equality and Freedom: The Structure of Value Concepts
11. Continuity and Change: German Discourse after Unification
12. Translating the Transition: What is the Russian for 'Perestroika'?
PART THREE DISCOURSE, IDENTITY AND CONFLICT
13. The Construction of Nation and State: Discourse and Social Space
14. Cognitive Dimensions of Identity: Ethnic Stereotypes in Poland
15. Defining Democracy: Transitional Discourse in Georgia 1990-199116. Language and Identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina
INDEX
Series Pragmatics & Beyond New Series
Extent 1 online resource (284 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010706177605171
MARC RECORDS
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