Inclusionary language use = a “mortal danger” ? A qualitative study of the discourse on inclusionary language use in France presented in the newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro
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Summary, in English
An issue of inclusionary language use in France has been debated since the 1980’s. Some French actors are in strong opposition to the language policy being changed, others are not. Actors such as linguists-lexicographers, members of the Académie françias, writers and politicians have contributed to the media discussions that are in focus of my research. Applying theoretical perspectives on language in politics and language and gender, as well as relevant methodological tools from discourse analys, the thesis search for a deeper understanding of the debate. Hence, the aim of this study is to examine the discourse of inclusionary language use through French media by looking at the two biggest national newspapers in France, which also have political inclinations, one is left-leaning and another one is right-leaning. What are the discursive patterns present in the debate? Are there any indications that the discourse represents political inclinations of the newspaper? With the help of psychological discourse method is the analysis made by finding three themes in the discourse. The findings showed that the discourse is based on the themes protection and tradition, norms and power and inclusion vs exclusion. There were some indications that the two newspapers have political inclinations yet it was not consequential enough to draw an exact conclusion on this.
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Publiceringsår
2024
Språk
Engelska
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Dokumenttyp
Examensarbete för kandidatexamen
Ämne
- Cultural Sciences
- Languages and Literatures
- Social Sciences
Nyckelord
- inclusionary language use
- French language policy
- media discourse
- discourse psychology
- gender equality
- European studies
Handledare
- Alena Minchenia