Intertextuality In Discourse, Adam Hodges
Dec 2014
Intertextuality In Discourse, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
This chapter examines the concept of intertextuality as it is used in the analysis of discourse. The exploration begins with a review of the philosophical foundations and terminology associated with the concept, and then discusses several dimensions of intertextuality that have been taken up in the work of discourse analysts, including (re)contextualization, genre, the intertextual gap, parody, reported speech/constructed dialogue, and intertextuality, discourse and power.
Ideologies Of Language And Race In Us Media Discourse About The Trayvon Martin Shooting, Adam Hodges
Dec 2014
Ideologies Of Language And Race In Us Media Discourse About The Trayvon Martin Shooting, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
This article examines the discourse about race and racism that ensued in the US media after the shooting death of an African American youth, Trayvon Martin, by a neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman, in February 2012. The analysis examines news programs from the three major cable television channels in the United States: CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. The theoretical framework builds upon Hill’s (2008) discussion of the ‘folk theory of race and racism’ in contrast to critical race theory, and asks, to what extent does the mainstream media’s discourse about race remain embedded in folk ideas and to what extent …
The Paranoid Style In Politics: Ideological Underpinnings Of The Discourse Of Second Amendment Absolutism, Adam Hodges
Dec 2014
The Paranoid Style In Politics: Ideological Underpinnings Of The Discourse Of Second Amendment Absolutism, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
In American politics, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has asserted itself as a leading voice in the gun rights movement. The strident rhetoric emanating from the NRA leadership impacts the development of a broader discourse in American public life over gun rights — a discourse of Second Amendment absolutism — that articulates a set of assumptions and explanations in defense of an absolutist stance against gun regulation in any form. This paper examines the ideologies that underlie this absolutist discourse and the identities those ideologies help to construct. In particular, the absolutist discourse is analyzed through the lens of what …
Sociocultural Linguistics, Adam Hodges
Dec 2014
Sociocultural Linguistics, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
Sociocultural linguistics refers to a wide-ranging field of interdisciplinary scholarship concerned with language as a sociocultural phenomenon. Perspectives draw from sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, socially oriented forms of discourse analysis, and related disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, such as folklore studies, literary studies, social theory, social psychology, and the philosophy of language. This entry traces the historical development of the field, including discussion of key figures and their scholarly contributions. It then outlines key themes and ideas central to ongoing research concerns.
War Discourse, Adam Hodges
Dec 2014
War Discourse, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
War discourse refers to the use of language and social interaction as a mediating element in the outbreak, conduct, and disputation of armed political conflict. This entry identifies and outlines key elements of war discourse, which include call to arms rhetoric, the discursive construction of social identities, and the use of legitimating devices in language to make the actions associated with war appear appropriate, reasonable, and justifiable.
Rethinking Context: Leveraging Human And Machine Computation In Disaster Response, Sarah Vieweg, Adam Hodges
Mar 2014
Rethinking Context: Leveraging Human And Machine Computation In Disaster Response, Sarah Vieweg, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
Human-computer systems that treat context simply as enumerated facts, rules, or axioms about the surrounding physical and social environment will always have trouble handling information requiring human pragmatic interpretation. One way to overcome such limitations is to draw upon human pragmatic awareness to create hybrid systems capable of both extracting large quantities of data and processing that data in a way that is meaningful to users.
‘Yes, We Can’: The Social Life Of A Political Slogan, Adam Hodges
Dec 2013
‘Yes, We Can’: The Social Life Of A Political Slogan, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
Political campaigns are often associated with short, catchy slogans, such as the “yes, we can” catchphrase of the Obama campaign in 2008. Slogans such as these do important political work by reminding the public about the candidate as well as the ideas the candidate represents. Even in situations where detailed rehearsals of the candidate’s positions on issues are not possible, slogans index and reinforce those ideas in the minds of voters. Drawing on the Bakhtinian inspired idea of intertextuality, this chapter illustrates the way slogans enter into social circulation as intertextual series and gain traction in American public discourse. The …
The Generic U.S. Presidential War Narrative: Justifying Military Force And Imagining The Nation, Adam Hodges
Dec 2012
The Generic U.S. Presidential War Narrative: Justifying Military Force And Imagining The Nation, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
In his 1795 essay on perpetual peace, Kant points out that in political systems where power rests with the people and their representatives, “the consent of the citizens is required to decide whether or not war is to be declared” (Kant 1991: 100). In theory, the necessity of obtaining the consent of citizens should help stave off unwarranted uses of the military because, as Kant explains, “it is very natural that they [the citizens] will have great hesitation in embarking on so dangerous an enterprise” (Kant 1991: 100). In other words, and more specific to the American context, given the …
Review Of Ruth Wodak's (2011) The Discourse Of Politics As Usual, Adam Hodges
Dec 2011
Review Of Ruth Wodak's (2011) The Discourse Of Politics As Usual, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
No abstract provided.
Discursive Constructions Of Global War And Terror, Adam Hodges
Dec 2009
Discursive Constructions Of Global War And Terror, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
In this chapter, I examine the dialogic connections involved in the global interchange of ideas about terrorism and the ‘war on terror.’ Discourse moves across national boundaries in a manner that shapes global relations and actions, and reshapes the dialogue that takes place within local contexts. To explore these processes, I discuss three contexts in detail. In the first, I examine recent work by Zala Volcic and Karmen Erjavec on the appropriation of the Bush administration’s ‘war on terror’ discourse by Serbian intellectuals (Volcic and Erjavec 2007, Erjavec and Volcic 2007). These young Serbs incorporate this discourse into their own …
Review Of A. Hoskins And B. O’Loughlin’S (2007) Television And Terror: Conflicting Times And The Crisis Of News Discourse, Adam Hodges
Dec 2009
Review Of A. Hoskins And B. O’Loughlin’S (2007) Television And Terror: Conflicting Times And The Crisis Of News Discourse, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
No abstract provided.
The Dialogic Emergence Of 'Truth' In Politics: Reproduction And Subversion Of The 'War On Terror' Discourse, Adam Hodges
Dec 2007
The Dialogic Emergence Of 'Truth' In Politics: Reproduction And Subversion Of The 'War On Terror' Discourse, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
Truth claims in political discourse are implicated in a dialogic process whereby political actors "assimilate, rework, and re-accentuate" prior discourse (Bakhtin 1986:89). While political actors themselves may view truth as an object to be discovered, I argue that discourse analysts are best served by viewing truth as an emergent property of this dialogic process. In this paper, I examine how intertextual connections are integral to both the reproduction and subversion of established truth claims (such as the claim that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction). My data draw from George W. Bush's speech on May 1, 2003 to declare …
The Politics Of Recontextualization: Discursive Competition Over Claims Of Iranian Involvement In Iraq, Adam Hodges
Dec 2007
The Politics Of Recontextualization: Discursive Competition Over Claims Of Iranian Involvement In Iraq, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
The representation of issues, especially those that are highly contested or ambiguous, is an ongoing process always subject to challenge and new re-presentations. This article explores the discursive competition between journalists and White House officials over the recontextualization of words spoken by General Peter Pace, which seemingly cast doubt on White House claims of Iranian involvement in Iraq. Pace's words, along with those spoken by White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and President George W. Bush in their appearances before the press, enter into a web of intertextual connections involved in the contestation over the `truth' of the matter. The …
Review Of John E. Joseph's (2006) Language And Politics, Adam Hodges
Dec 2007
Review Of John E. Joseph's (2006) Language And Politics, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
No abstract provided.
Introduction: Discourse, War And Terrorism, Adam Hodges, Chad Nilep
Dec 2006
Introduction: Discourse, War And Terrorism, Adam Hodges, Chad Nilep
Adam Hodges
Discourse since September 11, 2001 has constrained and shaped public discussion and debate surrounding terrorism worldwide. Social actors in the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere employ the language of the “war on terror” to explain, react to, justify and understand a broad range of political, economic and social phenomena. As outlined in this introductory chapter, this volume explores the discursive production of identities, the shaping of ideologies, and the formation of collective understandings in response to 9/11 in the United States and around the world.
Review Of Ruth Wodak And Paul Chilton's (2005) A New Agenda In (Critical) Discourse Analysis, Adam Hodges
Dec 2006
Review Of Ruth Wodak And Paul Chilton's (2005) A New Agenda In (Critical) Discourse Analysis, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
No abstract provided.
The Political Economy Of Truth In The 'War On Terror' Discourse: Competing Visions Of An Iraq/Al Qaeda Connection, Adam Hodges
Dec 2006
The Political Economy Of Truth In The 'War On Terror' Discourse: Competing Visions Of An Iraq/Al Qaeda Connection, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
The textual analysis in this paper examines an interview with Vice-President Dick Cheney by Gloria Borger on CNBC’s 2004 Capital Report. The interview took place on 17 June 2004, the day after the 9/11 Commission released Staff Statement No. 15, a twelve page preliminary report that concluded no ‘‘collaborative relationship’’ existed between Iraq and al-Qaeda. The aim of the analysis is to show how the struggle over ‘‘truth’’ unfolds in micro-level discursive interaction and to underscore the way this process is embedded within and contributes to the circulation of truth claims associated with the macro-level War on Terror Discourse (WoTD).
Review Of Jan Blommaert's (2005) Discourse: A Critical Introduction, Adam Hodges
Dec 2006
Review Of Jan Blommaert's (2005) Discourse: A Critical Introduction, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
No abstract provided.
Review Of Judith Baxter's (2003) Positioning Gender In Discourse: A Feminist Methodology, Adam Hodges
Dec 2005
Review Of Judith Baxter's (2003) Positioning Gender In Discourse: A Feminist Methodology, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
No abstract provided.
Review Of Paul Chilton's (2004) Analysing Political Discourse, Adam Hodges
Dec 2004
Review Of Paul Chilton's (2004) Analysing Political Discourse, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
No abstract provided.
Review Of Mary Talbot, Karen Atkinson, And David Atkinson's (2003) Language And Power In The Modern World, Adam Hodges
Dec 2003
Review Of Mary Talbot, Karen Atkinson, And David Atkinson's (2003) Language And Power In The Modern World, Adam Hodges
Adam Hodges
No abstract provided.
A Corpus Study On The Item-Based Nature Of Early Grammar Acquisition., Adam Hodges, Valerie Krugler, Deborah Law
Dec 2003
A Corpus Study On The Item-Based Nature Of Early Grammar Acquisition., Adam Hodges, Valerie Krugler, Deborah Law
Adam Hodges
This paper explores the item-based nature of child language acquisition by examining data from the CHILDES database (MacWhinney 2000). Two studies are explicated: the first uses pooled data from several children, and the second follows a single child longitudinally. The results show that the learning of the complex construction consisting of a main clause followed by an infinitival compliment, e.g. I want to play, center around a single verb, want, even though other candidate verbs exist in the children’s vocabulary. We provide empirical evidence to show that children initially learn grammar via item-based units and gradually break down complex constructions …
