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Social Media and Society: Integrating the digital with the social in digital discourseEdited by Majid KhosraviNik
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 100] 2023
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Edited by Majid KhosraviNik
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 100] 2023
► pp. 127–145
Language typology as a discursive affordance in digital discourse
The case of the “camouflaged German option” online
With the rapid development of participatory social media, these spaces have become new arenas for producing political discourse. However, critical analyses of digital discourse that examine the importance of language typological variation for the (re)production of political discourse are relatively new. This chapter investigates linguistic creativity in non-elite political communication by combining a critical discursive approach with language typology. The analysis highlights the importance of language typology in political communication as political actors exploit the typological affordances of Polish. This chapter demonstrates how language affordances are mobilised for political reasons to (re)produce discriminatory political messages. The chapter suggests combining critical discourse analysis and language typology to reveal novel perspectives on the intersection of language and politics on the Internet.
Article outline
- Introduction
- Digital media and critical discourse studies
- From critical discourse studies to language typology
- The sociopolitics of Silesian identity and the “camouflaged German option”
- Pro-Silesian and anti-Silesian discourses in online political discussions
- Case study: The “camouflaged German option” (CGO) discourse
- Conclusions
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Acknowledgements -
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