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In a new era of global conflict involving non-state actors, __At War with Words__ offers a provocative perspective on the role of language in the genesis, conduct and consequence of mass violence. Sociolinguistics meets political science and communication studies in order to examine interdependence between armed conflict and language. As phenomena attributed only to humans, both armed conflict and language are visible on two axes: language as war discourse, and language as a social policy subject to change by the victorious. In this unique volume, internationally known contributors provide original data and new insights that illuminate roles of text and talk in creating identities of enemies, justifications for violence, and accompanying propaganda. Incorporating contexts from around the world, this collection's topics range from a radio talk show hosts' inflammatory rhetoric to the semantic poverty of the lexicon of mass destruction. The first eight chapters discuss war texts. How does language serve as a vehicle to incite, justify, and resolve an armed conflict? Case studies from the US to China, and from Austria to Ghana detail such a progression to, through, and from war. The b

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Author

Dedaic, Mirjana N. (editor);Nelson, Daniel N. (editor)

Publisher

Mouton de Gruyter; Mouton De Gruyter

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9783111802787

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Linguistics, Sociology, Literary Fiction