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1
Discourse Analysis
  • Applying DA to political translation
  • 1. Defining discourse
  • 2. Political discourse analysis applied to
    translation studies by Christina Schäffner
  • 3. Discussion

2
Defining discourse
  • Individually, jot down some ideas about the
    following
  • How would you define the term discourse?
  • How might you identify a discourse?

Now, discuss your ideas with a partner, and
together, think of examples of political
discourse.
3
Defining discourse
  • Hatim Mason (1990)
  • Discourses are ... modes of thinking and
    talking which, like genres, can become
    ritualized. (1990 71)

4
Defining discourse
  • Johnstone (2002)
  • The controlling theoretical idea behind
    Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is that
    texts, embedded in recurring discursive
    patterns for their production circulation, and
    reception which are themselves embedded in
    social practice are among the principal ways in
    which ideology is circulated and reproduced. ...
    Ways of talking produce and reproduce ways of
    thinking, and ways of thinking can be manipulated
    via choices about grammar, style, wording, and
    every other aspect of discourse.

5
Defining discourse
  • Johnstone (2002 45-52)
  • Discourse producers make choices about
  • 1. How to represent actions, actors, events
  • In 1997, the lives of at least 300,000 young
    children were saved by vitamin A supplementation
    programs.
  • In 1997, vitamin A supplementation programs saved
    the lives of at least 300,000 young children.
  • In 1997, the lives of at least 300,000 young
    children were saved.
  • 2. How to represent knowledge status
  • 3. How to name and refer to things
  • 4. Which voices to incorporate/represent
  • etc.

6
Defining discourse
  • Some questions to consider
  • In what ways do discourse and narrative
    differ?
  • What similarities and differences do you see
    between Bakers approach from last week and the
    goals of discourse analysis outlined here?

7
Political Discourse Analysis TS
  • PDA analyzes political texts
  • Goals relate the fine grain of linguistic
    behaviour to politics or political behaviour
  • Coercion
  • Resistance, opposition, protest
  • Dissimulation
  • Legitimation/delegitimation
  • Schaffner (2004 119)

8
Political Discourse Analysis TS
  • Discursive aspects we can study
  • Lexical choice
  • Information selection/transfer
  • Illusion of identity
  • Schaffner (2004 126-132)

9
Applying discourse analysis
  • With a partner, compare the introductions to the
    Liberal and Green 2011 platforms
  • What evidence of coercion, resistance/opposition/p
    rotest, dissimulation and/or (de)legitimation do
    you see in each text?
  • How do the lexical choices achieve political
    goals?
  • How has information has been selected or
    transferred for readers?

10
Discussion related to the readings
  • In what ways could you apply Côtés method of
    analyzing political texts (analysis of lexical
    frequency) to analyzing political translations?
  • Would the results be valuable? Do you see any
    limitations to this approach? In what ways might
    your results differ from the results you would
    obtain via narrative analysis?

11
Links to previous weeks
  • On a piece of paper, jot down three points of
    comparison between content analysis, narrative
    analysis, and discourse analysis as theoretical
    frameworks.
  • What types of analysis would each theoretical
    approach be better suited for?
  • What advantages/disadvantages do these methods
    pose?

12
References
  • Côté, Jean-Roch. (2006). Une analyse discursive
    de trois énoncés québécois de politique
    internationale. Études internationales, 37(1)
    121-138.
  • Hatim, Basil Ian Mason. (1990). Discourse and
    the Translator. London New York Longman.
  • Johnstone, Barbara. (2002). Discourse Analysis.
    Oxford Blackstone Publishing.
  • Schäffner, Christina. (2004). Political Discourse
    Analysis from the point of view of Translation
    Studies. Journal of Language and Politics 3(1)
    117-150.
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