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What does 'we' mean?: National deixis in the media*
In: Journal of language and politics, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 419-436
ISSN: 1569-9862
The contextual nature of deictic expressions, including the personal pronoun 'we', is a given to linguists, but has only recently caught the interest of social scientists. The following article, firmly grounded in sociology, attempts to introduce some linguistic concepts while looking at the role of the personal pronoun 'we' in the discursive construction of national identities in the media. Focusing on Scotland, and looking at media language in the context of constitutional change in the United Kingdom, the article shows how different category relations are created through the ambiguous and under-specified use of deictic expressions. Scotland provides an interesting case study for such analysis, as references to the 'nation' during the 20th century have been ambiguous, sometimes referring to Scotland, sometimes to Britain. Consequently, the media/nation relationship has been contested, and this is reflected in media language. The paper introduces the concept of a wandering 'we' to describe the shifting reference point of the deictic expressions and situates this phenomenon in the wider nationalism literature. By doing this, the article revisits some of the notions introduced by Billig in his Banal Nationalism.
Constructing Estonian identity
In: Nations and nationalism: journal of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 117-133
ISSN: 1354-5078
The concept of the Other is increasingly popular in nationalism and ethnicity literature, which usually proposes the existence of one significant Other for any national Self, and that this Other is usually threatening and negative. This approach is one-sided and in need of revision. I suggest that any nation may have many simultaneously existing Others, and more importantly, these Others need not be negative - they may also be positive. By exploring how (1) 'the Other' matters in identity construction; (2) therer can be several Others at any one time; (3) the Other can be positive as well as negative; (4) the role of any given Other can change during various phases of national identity construction and maintenance; and (5) the particular 'otherness' of the Other has social and political consequences, this article will reconsider the role of otherness in the construction, transformation and maintenance of Estonian national identity. (Nations and Nationalism)
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Reconsidering otherness: constructing Estonian identity
In: Nations and nationalism: journal of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 117-134
ISSN: 1354-5078
Reconsidering otherness: constructing Estonian identity*
In: Nations and nationalism: journal of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 117-133
ISSN: 1469-8129
ABSTRACT. The concept of the Other is increasingly popular in nationalism and ethnicity literature, which usually proposes the existence of one significant Other for any national Self, and that this Other is usually threatening and negative. This approach is one‐sided and in need of revision. I suggest that any nation may have many simultaneously existing Others, and more importantly, these Others need not be negative – they may also be positive. By exploring how (1) 'the Other' matters in identity construction; (2) there can be several Others at any one time; (3) the Other can be positive as well as negative; (4) the role of any given Other can change during various phases of national identity construction and maintenance; and (5) the particular 'otherness' of the Other has social and political consequences, this article will reconsider the role of otherness in the construction, transformation and maintenance of Estonian national identity.
What does 'we' mean? National deixis in the media
In: Journal of language and politics, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 419-436
ISSN: 1569-2159
The contextual nature of deictic expressions, including the personal pronoun 'we', is a given to linguists, but has only recently caught the interest of social scientists. The following article, firmly grounded in sociology, attempts to introduce some linguistic concepts while looking at the role of the personal pronoun 'we' in the discursive construction of national identities in the media. Focusing on Scotland, and looking at media language in the context of constitutional change in the United Kingdom, the article shows how different category relations are created through the ambiguous and under-specified use of deictic expressions. Scotland provides an interesting case study for such analysis, as references to the 'nation' during the 20th century have been ambiguous, sometimes referring to Scotland, sometimes to Britain. Consequently, the media/nation relationship has been contested, and this is reflected in media language. The paper introduces the concept of a wandering 'we' to describe the shifting reference point of the deictic expressions and situates this phenomenon in the wider nationalism literature. By doing this, the article revisits some of the notions introduced by Billig in his Banal Nationalism. Adapted from the source document.
Review: Regions in Central Europe
In: Scottish affairs, Band 42 (First Serie, Heft 1, S. 83-85
ISSN: 2053-888X