The Discursive Construction of National Identity: Translated by Angelika Hirsch and Richard Mitten

by Ruth Wodak, Martin Reisigl, Rudolf de Cillia

Book Overview

How do we construct national identities in discourse? Which topics, which discursive strategies and which linguistic devices are employed to construct national sameness and uniqueness on the one hand, and differences to other national collectives on the other hand? The Discursive Construction of National Identity analyses discourses of national identity in Europe with particular attention to Austria. In the tradition of critical discourse analysis,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748610804
• ISBN13: 9780748610808
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"