The language of diplomatic mediation – A case study of an emergency meeting in the wake of the Yugoslav wars

IF 1.3 2区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI:10.1016/j.langcom.2024.02.004

Dániel Z. Kádár , Juliane House , Tadej Todorović , Tomaž Onič , David Hazemali , Katja Plemenitaš , Donathan Brown

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Abstract

In this paper, we examine the language of diplomatic mediation from the perspective of speech acts and interaction, by studying an unofficial transcript of an emergency meeting in 1991 between representatives of the European Economic Community (EEC) and Slovenia and Croatia. We use a bottom-up methodology, bringing together ritual, speech acts and interaction, to capture recurrent conventions of diplomatic mediation in a strictly language-anchored fashion. The EEC representatives had a vested interest in swiftly resolving the conflict, and even before consulting with the Slovenian and Croatian representatives they already reached an initial agreement with the Yugoslav state representatives. Due to this fait accompli situation, we assume that they had to show particular awareness of the ritually ‘neutral’ tone of the mediator. Through our methodology we capture the replicable features of diplomatic mediation, and because of this our results are relevant for the study of the language of diplomacy.

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外交调解的语言--南斯拉夫战争后紧急会议的案例研究

在本文中，我们通过研究 1991 年欧洲经济共同体（欧共体）与斯洛文尼亚和克罗地亚代表之间紧急会议的非官方记录，从言语行为和互动的角度研究了外交调解的语言。我们采用了一种自下而上的方法，将仪式、言语行为和互动结合起来，以严格的语言导向方式捕捉外交调解中反复出现的惯例。欧共体代表对迅速解决冲突有着既得利益，甚至在与斯洛文尼亚和克罗地亚代表协商之前，他们就已经与南斯拉夫国家代表达成了初步协议。在这种既成事实的情况下，我们认为他们必须特别注意调停人的礼仪性 "中立 "语气。通过我们的方法，我们捕捉到了外交调解中可复制的特征，正因为如此，我们的结果对外交语言的研究具有重要意义。

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