Dokument: Language and Emotion: Grammar of Fear in Political Speech
| Titel: | Language and Emotion: Grammar of Fear in Political Speech | |||||||
| Weiterer Titel: | Sprache und Emotion: Grammatik der Angst in Politischen Reden | |||||||
| URL für Lesezeichen: | https://docserv.uni-duesseldorf.de/servlets/DocumentServlet?id=66417 | |||||||
| URN (NBN): | urn:nbn:de:hbz:061-20240809-131918-2 | |||||||
| Kollektion: | Publikationen | |||||||
| Sprache: | Englisch | |||||||
| Dokumententyp: | Wissenschaftliche Abschlussarbeiten » Studienabschlussarbeit (z.B. Bachelor-, Master-, Examensarbeit) | |||||||
| Medientyp: | Text | |||||||
| Autor: | Erdogan, Melis [Autor] | |||||||
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| Beitragende: | Prof. Dr. Kuteva, Tania [Gutachter] Prof. Dr. Dorgeloh, Heidrun [Gutachter] | |||||||
| Stichwörter: | political discourse, emotion and language, grammar of fear, Corpus-assisted Discourse Analysis CAD, cross-linguistic analysis | |||||||
| Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: | 400 Sprache » 420 Englisch, Altenglisch | |||||||
| Beschreibungen: | Politische Diskurse zeichnen sich durch spezifische sprachliche Elemente aus, die von Politikern strategisch eingesetzt werden und durch ihre Sprache, kulturellen Hintergrund und Ideologie geprägt sind. Die sprachlichen Mittel, die sowohl gemeinsam als auch einzigartig in den Entscheidungen jedes politischen Akteurs sind, rufen unterschiedliche Reaktionen wie Überzeugung bei ihren jeweiligen Zielgruppen hervor. Diese Arbeit verwendet eine korpusgestützte Diskursanalyse (CAD), um die Merkmale der Grammatik der Angst zu untersuchen und die Beziehung zwischen dem emotionalen Konzept der Angst und seiner sprachlichen Darstellung in solchen Kontexten hervorzuheben. Die Forschung vergleicht insbesondere die Diskurse von Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dem aktuellen Präsidenten der Republik Türkei, mit Donald John Trump, dem 45. Präsidenten der USA, und beleuchtet die sprachlichen Entscheidungen in Türkisch und Englisch. Basierend auf den Prinzipien der Diskursgrammatik (DG) nach Heine et al. (2013: 155-206) untersucht die Forschung den Übergang von grammatischen Strukturen von fließenden Diskursmustern zu standardisierteren grammatischen Ausdrücken sowie andere Kommunikationsstrategien, die zum angstbezogenen Diskurs beitragen. In diesem Zusammenhang bietet Lisa Feldman Barretts Konstruktions-Theorie der Emotion (2017) eine Perspektive, um den komplexen Zusammenhang zwischen praktischer Sprachverwendung und den eingebetteten emotionalen Untertönen, die von verschiedenen Sprachen und Kulturen beeinflusst werden, zu verstehen. Die Forschung kombiniert qualitative und quantitative Methoden, unterstützt durch die korpuslinguistische Software AntConc (Anthony, 2011). Eine herausragende Erkenntnis betont Erdogans Integration von türkischem Nationalismus und islamischen Werten im Vergleich zu Trumps Fokus auf inländische Angelegenheiten und Polarisierung und hebt verschiedene sprachliche Strategien hervor, durch die Angst in ihren ausgewählten Diskursen konstruiert wird.Political discourse is characterized by distinct linguistic elements strategically employed by politicians, shaped by their language, cultural background, and ideology. The linguistic devices, both shared and unique in each political figure’s choices, evoke varied responses such as persuasion, on their respective audiences. This thesis employs a Corpus-assisted Discourse Analysis (CAD) to examine the features of grammar of fear, highlighting the relationship between the emotion concept of fear and its linguistic representation within such contexts. The research specifically contrasts the discourses of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the current president of the Republic of Türkiye, with Donald John Trump, the 45th president of the US, illuminating the linguistic choices made in both Turkish and English. Drawing from the principles of Discourse Grammar (DG) as framed by Heine et al. (2013: 155-206), the research probes the transition of grammatical structures from fluid discourse patterns to more standardized grammatical expressions, alongside other communication tactics contributing to fear-related discourse. In relation, Lisa Feldman Barrett’s Construction Theory of Emotion (2017) offers a lens to understand the complex link between practical language use and the embedded emotional undertones influenced by different languages and cultures. The research combines the use of qualitative and quantitative methods, assisted by the corpus-linguistic software, AntConc (Anthony, 2011). A salient finding emphasizes Erdogan’s integration of Turkish nationalism and Islamic values, compared with Trump’s focus on domestic matters and polarization, stressing various linguistic strategies through which fear is constructed in their select discourses. | |||||||
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| Rechtliche Vermerke: | I, Melis Erdogan, am the author of the thesis titled "Language and Emotion: Grammar of Fear in Political Speech." I hereby affirm that I hold the copyright for this work and grant HHU Düsseldorf the right to publish, reproduce, and distribute this thesis in any format deemed appropriate by the university.
I confirm that all third-party materials used in the thesis have been properly cited and that any necessary permissions have been obtained. I also acknowledge that the opinions expressed in this thesis are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of HHU Düsseldorf or its affiliates. I assume full responsibility for any legal claims or liabilities arising from the content of this thesis. Date: 24.07.2024 Signature: Melis Erdogan | |||||||
| Lizenz: |  Dieses Werk ist lizenziert unter einer Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International Lizenz | |||||||
| Bezug: | The spatial coverage of this thesis includes political speeches from the United States and Europe.
Temporal Coverage: For the First Corpus (Tayyip Erdogan): The dataset covers statements starting from February 28, 2023, and includes a chronological reverse order of 150 statements up to various points within his presidency, preserving the original content of his public addresses. For the Second Corpus (Donald Trump): The dataset begins with statements from February 13, 2021, and includes a collection of 150 statements up to December 23, 2020, as found on the American Presidency Project website. | |||||||
| Fachbereich / Einrichtung: | Philosophische Fakultät » Anglistisches Institut » Englische Sprachwissenschaft (III) | |||||||
| Dokument erstellt am: | 09.08.2024 | |||||||
| Dateien geändert am: | 09.08.2024 |
