[Linganth] Query from a student looking for resources on the way "terrorist" is used in everyday discourse

Ron Kuzar ronkuzar at gmail.com
Tue Feb 14 07:04:09 UTC 2017


Dear Sonya,
You might want to have a look at:
Kuzar, R. (1997). Split word, split subject, split society. *Pragmatics*,
*7*, 21-54.

The second part of this paper is a case study on the use of terms of
"death" and "injury" in the language of the extreme right in Israel during
the 1980s.

Best,
Ron
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On 13 February 2017 at 20:43, Bonnie McElhinny <bonnie.mcelhinny at utoronto.ca
> wrote:

> I believe Chad was modest here!  Also, his book, co-edited with Adam
> Hodges:
>
> Discourse, War and Terrorism.  John Benjamins, 2007.
>
> Also, the  authors of the Standing Rock Syllabus have assembled some
> terrific documents that address the question of when indigenous water
> protectors/sovereignty activists are presented as terrorists, or in some
> other frames.  In addition to textual representations, the articles look at
> visual ones....
>
> https://nycstandswithstandingrock.wordpress.com/standingrocksyllabus/
>
> Bonnie
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> *From:* Linganth [linganth-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org] on behalf
> of Pritzker, Sonya [sonya.pritzker at ua.edu]
> *Sent:* February-10-17 12:27 PM
> *To:* LINGANTH at listserv.linguistlist.org
> *Subject:* [Linganth] FW: Query from a student looking for resources on
> the way "terrorist" is used in everyday discourse
>
>
> From: "Pritzker, Sonya" <sonya.pritzker at ua.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 4:27 PM
> To: Linguistic Anthropology Discussion Group <
> LINGANTH at listserv.linguistlist.org>
> Subject: Query from a student looking for resources on the way
> "terrorist" is used in everyday discourse
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have an undergrad student taking my Language & Culture class, and she
> sent me the following query:
>
>  "I am really interested in doing research on the ramifications of using
> the word terrorism and how different actors use that word to designate
> certain groups as terrorists. Let me know if there is anything more i could
> look into or if this not something linguistic anthropology would deal with."
>
> I’ve pointed her to social media and the news, and will meet with her to
> discuss other options. But I was wondering if anyone here could recommend
> any materials that she could read on the topic.
>
> Thanks!
> Sonya
>
>
> Sonya Pritzker, Ph.D.,  Assistant Professor
> University of Alabama, Department of Anthropology
> 350 Marr’s Spring Rd. Tuscaloosa AL 35401
> (205) 348-6554 (office)
> (805) 574-0091 (mobile)
> http://spritzker.people.ua.edu
>
>
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