Chosen Keywords in the Discourse of British Politicians on Brexit: A Pragmatic Analysis

Q2 Arts and Humanities
Patrycja Kubicha
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The goal of the article was to select and analyze keywords concerning central Brexit-related themes found in chosen speeches delivered in the years 2013-2021 by politicians from three British parties: the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, and the Brexit Party. The decision regarding Brexit had been made as a result of the referendum in which a small majority of British citizens had voted for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to leave the EU. Via a pragmatic analysis conducted with the help of the program AntConc on a sample of one hundred transcripts of chosen speeches from sources such as the official government website and media websites, four keywords which played a crucial role in the discourse on Brexit were chosen, namely leave, remain, referendum, and country. They appeared in the speeches of members of all of the three above mentioned parties. In their rhetorical and persuasive speeches delivered before the referendum, the politicians tried to convince the British society to support Brexit or to be against it, and in their speeches given after the referendum, they accented, e.g., that the decision made by the majority of the voters needs to be honored.
英国政治家脱欧话语中的关键词:语用分析
本文的目的是选择和分析2013-2021年英国三个政党(保守党、工党和英国脱欧党)政客发表的演讲中与英国脱欧相关的核心主题的关键词。关于英国脱欧的决定是在公投中做出的,其中一小部分英国公民投票支持大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国离开欧盟。在AntConc节目的帮助下,对从官方政府网站和媒体网站等来源选择的100个演讲文本样本进行了语用分析,选择了在英国脱欧话语中发挥关键作用的四个关键词,即leave, remain, referendum和country。它们出现在上述三个政党成员的演讲中。在公投前,政客们通过言辞和说服性的演讲,试图说服英国社会支持或反对脱欧,在公投后的演讲中,他们强调,例如,大多数选民做出的决定需要得到尊重。
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Respectus Philologicus
Respectus Philologicus Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory
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