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Speaking of Europe: Approaches to complexity in European political discourseEdited by Kjersti Fløttum
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 49] 2013
► pp. 111–134
Voices and identities
The polyphony of Tony Blair and Nicolas Sarkozy at the European Parliament
Øyvind Gjerstad | University of Bergen, Norway
The purpose of this chapter is to develop a notion of polyphony which is anchored both in linguistic instructions and in the mechanisms of discourse. Combining the ScaPoLine and praxematics, I propose an operational definition of discursive polyphony, centred on the communicative intention of the speaker. The analysis is systematised by adopting and adapting the modular approach to discourse analysis developed by the Geneva school of discourse analysis. To illustrate this theoretical and methodological framework, I analyse excerpts from speeches by Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Nicolas Sarkozy to the European Parliament. In the analysis I identify an interplay of voices which represents an important part of their rhetorical strategies and which reflects their standing in Europe.
Published online: 16 April 2013
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.49.06gje
https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.49.06gje
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