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- Shines a comparative spotlight on different forms and expressions of protest speech acts
- Generates two new concepts as part of its innovations in Speech Act Theory: ‘pragmatic legitimacy’ and ‘convocativity’
- Reveals avenues for future research, including protest language as a meta-linguistic phenomenon, the meta-narrative of grassroots activism, and a re-birth of the medium as the message
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Rooted in the performative of Speech Act Theory, this interdisciplinary study crafts a new model to compare the work we do with words when we protest: across genres, from different geographies and languages. Rich with illustrative examples from Turkey, U.S., West Germany, Romania, Guatemala, Great Britain, and Northern Ireland, it examines the language of protest (chants, songs, poetry and prose) with an innovative use of analytical tools that will advance current theory. Operating at the intersection of linguistic pragmatics and critical discourse analysis this book provides fresh insights on interdisciplinary topics including power, identity, legitimacy and the Social Contract. In doing so it will appeal to students and scholars of sociolinguistics, pragmatics and critical discourse analysis, in addition to researchers working in sociology, political science, discourse, cultural and communication studies.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Department of English and Communication Studies, St. Mary’s University, Texas, San Antonio, USA
Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Language of Protest
Book Subtitle: Acts of Performance, Identity, and Legitimacy
Authors: Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77419-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-77418-3Published: 25 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08451-6Published: 10 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-77419-0Published: 16 April 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 317
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Discourse Analysis, Media and Communication, Political Communication, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics