Can space be conceptualized in a different way in political discourse? An extended application of Discourse Space Theory

IF 2.4 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Discourse & Society Pub Date : 2023-07-28 DOI:10.1177/09579265231188956

Qian Ma, Qiufang Wen

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Political discourse can be considered as consisting of conflictual discourse and cooperative discourse in view of the relationship between power entities. From the perspective of spatial conceptualization in cognitive discourse analysis, cooperative discourse is supposed to be different from conflictual one in terms of the spatial representation, with Chilton’s Discourse Space Theory, which mainly conceptualizes space as an inside/outside dichotomy, only accounting for the latter instead of the former. This paper attempts to further apply Chilton’s three-dimensional model to involve the alternative way of spatial conceptualization with different kind of construals and to compare the differences of the two types of political discourse in the construction of discourse space. Taking the speeches by two state leaders for the purposes of cooperation and accusation respectively as the cases in point, this paper concludes that cooperative discourse displays an outward-extensive discourse space representation as opposed to the inward-contractive discourse space representation of conflictual discourse. This study contributes to expand the scope of discourse space analysis, which is primarily for antagonistic relations only, to incorporate cooperative relations with an extended application of DST based on alternative ways of spatial conceptualization and an elaboration on the dynamics of its three dimensions, and hence to shed some lights on political discourse studies.

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在政治话语中，空间能否以不同的方式被概念化?话语空间理论的扩展应用

从权力主体关系的角度看，政治话语可以分为冲突话语和合作话语。从认知话语分析中的空间概念化角度来看，合作话语在空间表征上应该不同于冲突话语，奇尔顿的话语空间理论主要将空间概念化为内外二分，只考虑了后者而不是前者。本文试图进一步应用Chilton的三维模型，将不同类型的构念纳入空间概念化的替代方式，并比较两种类型的政治话语在话语空间建构中的差异。本文以两位国家领导人分别以合作和指责为目的的讲话为例，认为合作话语表现出一种向外的广泛话语空间表征，而不是冲突话语的向内收缩话语空间表征。本研究有助于扩大话语空间分析的范围，主要针对对抗关系，将合作关系与基于空间概念化的替代方法的DST的扩展应用相结合，并阐述其三维动态，从而为政治话语研究提供一些启示。

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期刊介绍： Discourse & Society is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal whose major aim is to publish outstanding research at the boundaries of discourse analysis and the social sciences. It focuses on explicit theory formation and analysis of the relationships between the structures of text, talk, language use, verbal interaction or communication, on the one hand, and societal, political or cultural micro- and macrostructures and cognitive social representations, on the other hand. That is, D&S studies society through discourse and discourse through an analysis of its socio-political and cultural functions or implications. Its contributions are based on advanced theory formation and methodologies of several disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.