TY - JOUR
T1 - Testing the language-power assumption of critical discourse analysis
T2 - The case of Israel's legislative discourse
AU - Shenhav, Shaul R.
AU - Rahat, Gideon
AU - Sheafer, Tamir
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Abstract. The growing interest in the relation between language and politics brings new assumptions and theoretical frameworks to the study of politics. This study presents a simple empirical test of a major assumption of the critical discourse analysis school: that power is a major factor in political discourse. It examines whether the discourse of Israeli members of parliament (Knesset) represents a view of the world through the prism of power or whether parliament members refer to the experience of similar democracies. We demonstrate that power is a strong and significant factor in Israeli legislative discourse through time and across issues while relevance plays no role.
AB - Abstract. The growing interest in the relation between language and politics brings new assumptions and theoretical frameworks to the study of politics. This study presents a simple empirical test of a major assumption of the critical discourse analysis school: that power is a major factor in political discourse. It examines whether the discourse of Israeli members of parliament (Knesset) represents a view of the world through the prism of power or whether parliament members refer to the experience of similar democracies. We demonstrate that power is a strong and significant factor in Israeli legislative discourse through time and across issues while relevance plays no role.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0008423911000965
DO - 10.1017/S0008423911000965
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AN - SCOPUS:84860520791
SN - 0008-4239
VL - 45
SP - 207
EP - 222
JO - Canadian Journal of Political Science
JF - Canadian Journal of Political Science
IS - 1
ER -