35.1185, Summer Schools: The Linguistics of Political Discourse / Austria

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Subject: 35.1185, Summer Schools: The Linguistics of Political Discourse / Austria

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Date: 05-Apr-2024
From: Edgar Onea [edgar.onea-gaspar at uni-graz.at]
Subject: The Linguistics of Political Discourse / Austria


The Linguistics of Political Discourse

Host Institution: Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz

Dates: 01-Jul-2024 - 03-Apr-2024
Location: Graz, Österreich

Focus: Semantics, Pragmatics, Philosophy of Language
Minimum Education Level: Basic education in linguistics is required.

Description:
The linguistic analysis of the relation between language and politics
is a well-established field of research. One focus is on how words and
other lexical constructions are used strategically in the context of
rhetorical practices.

In their book "The Politics of Language" (2023) the linguist David
Beaver and the philosopher Jason Stanley develop a radically new
approach for this field, starting from a formal-semantic background,
which they adapt to the specific topic. In doing so, they
reconceptualize some central ideas of semantics and pragmatics,
including the fundamental conception of meaning in truth-conditional
semantics, which they replace with one in which meaning is constituted
by triggering resonances.

Especially for political communication, it is essential that the
addressees experience sufficiently corresponding resonances to attune
them to a shared reality, conforming emotional attitudes and a
group-constituting identity. Presuppositions play an essential role
here, congruent resonances are triggered that establish a
perspectivized and harmonized common ground.

In the summer school, Stanley and Beaver will present their innovative
approach and discuss it with participants. This offers doctoral and
master students the unique opportunity to expand their knowledge of
political language and communication and better understand the new
perspective on linguistic practice and meaning.

Organizers:
Edgar Onea and Georg Weidacher (University of Graz)

Instructors:
David Beaver (The University of Texas at Austin)
Jason Stanley (Yale University)

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Philosophy of Language
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics
                     Sociolinguistics

Registration: 07-Apr-2024 to 30-Apr-2024

Contact Person: Edgar Onea
                Email: edgar.onea-gaspar at uni-graz.at

Apply by Email: edgar.onea-gaspar at uni-graz.at

Registration Instructions:
The summer school is available for MA students and PhD students from
Austria and abroad and is limited to a maximum of 24 participants.
Participation is free but no travel or accommodation costs are covered
by the organizers.

Students who wish to give a talk at the summer school, an excellent
opportunity to discuss their own research with the instructors and
other participants, can submit a short abstract of one A4 page with
standard margins and font including examples and references.
Students who wish to participate without a talk can submit a short
motivation letter.

A notification of acceptance will be issued on the May 15, 2024.



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