Discourse and Identity Formation: Parliamentary Debates in Bahrain
In: Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture Ser v.73
Intro -- Discourse and Identity Formation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Naamloos -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Acknowledgements -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Transliteration system -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- The parliamentary dynamics and the Bahraini Council of Representatives -- Discourse in the Bahraini Council -- Themes of the book -- Chapterisation -- Scope and methodology -- Theoretical underpinnings -- Disclaimer -- Chapter 2. Religion, ideology and politics in Islamic society -- Introduction -- Ideological evolution in the Muslim world -- Construction of politics in Islam -- Islam and democracy -- Chapter 3. Language variation across Bahrain -- Language, religion and ideologies -- The Bahraini community -- Linguistic variations in Bahrain -- Standard Arabic, dialects and accents -- Bahrain dialect variations -- Borrowed vocabulary in Bahrain dialects -- Bahrain dialects and standard Arabic -- Chapter 4. Theoretical underpinnings -- Introduction -- The concept of power -- Power, ideology and language -- Formation and evolution of identity -- The role of discourse -- Society and discourse: Critical discourse analysis as a methodological tool -- CDS as a perspective -- CDS and politics -- Interdisciplinarity in CDS -- Common dimensions of CDS approaches -- Features of CDS -- Sociocognitive Approach (SCA) as a methodological device -- Social cognition -- Context in SCA -- Criticisms of CDS -- SCA and theories of deliberative democracy -- Discursive categories in Bahrain parliamentary debates -- Key aspects of the analytical framework -- Focusing upon a social problem that has a semiotic aspect -- Identifying obstacles to the social problem being tackled -- Deciding if the social order "needs" this problem -- Identifying possible ways past the obstacles.
