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Poststructuralist discourse theory

| Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction: The ‘theory’ in discourse theory
  • 2.Articulation as the core concept of Essex-style discourse theory
  • 3.The conceptual framework of discourse theory
    • 3.1Discourse, subjectivity and the Real
    • 3.2The articulation of nodal points and empty signifiers in politics
    • 3.3Logics of equivalence and difference
  • 4.New tendencies in poststructuralist discourse theory
    • 4.1The study of political, social, and fantasmatic logics of critical explanation
    • 4.2Social logics
    • 4.3Fantasmatic logics
    • 4.4A populist logic across the ideological spectrum
    • 4.5Studying the discursive-material knot in DT
    • 4.6The methodological pluralism of discourse theoretical analysis
  • 5.Articulating DT and linguistic pragmatics: The pragmatic dimension of articulation
    • 5.1Pragmatics as a poststructuralist approach to language use
    • 5.2Negotiability and adaptability as principles of articulation
    • 5.3On the performative dimension of discourse as an articulatory practice
  • Author queries
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
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