Chapter published in:
The Politics of Person Reference: Third-person forms in English, German, and French
Naomi Truan
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 320] 2021
► pp. 86–110

Chapter 5
Performing democracy

Political discourse as a polyphonic space

Article outline
  • 5.1Alternative views
    • 5.1.1‘Naturally one can go this way’
    • 5.1.2‘For those who believe […], naturally, there is no problem’
  • 5.2Discourse and metadiscourse
    • 5.2.1‘As one says’
    • 5.2.2‘One can debate’
  • 5.3Questions and answers
    • 5.3.1‘Some may ask’
    • 5.3.2Shifting referents
  • Conclusion
  • Notes