On the Discursive Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Europe (Linguistik in Empirie und Theorie/Empirical and Theoretical Linguistics)

?Europe is the name for a scintillating variety of historically emerged concepts, constantly developed and discussed over time. Its complexity and fuzziness is reflected in a multitude of myths, topoi, symbols and boundaries, which all constitute shared knowledge of the concept of EUROPE and which continue to influence attempts to (de- and re-)construct European identity. The case studies collected in this volume investigate the competing concepts of Europe in political and public discourses from a wide range of perspectives (e.g. frame semantics, discourse linguistics, multimodal analysis), focusing on the following aspects: How is EUROPE conceptualised, (re-)negotiated and legitimised by different political actors, political bodies and institutions? How does “the European idea” change throughout history and how is the re-emerging idea of nationality evaluated?

• | Author: Sabine Heinemann, Uta Helfrich, Judith Visser
• | Publisher: J.B. Metzler
• | Publication Date: Apr 12, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 269 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 366264892X
• | ISBN-13: 9783662648926