Meaningful Rituals: A Linguistic Analysis of Acknowledgements of Country

IF 0.4 3区 历史学 Q3 AREA STUDIES
Shoshana Dreyfus, Annett Hellwig
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ABSTRACT This article presents a linguistic analysis of Australian Acknowledgements of Country, an ancient Indigenous practice now increasingly prevalent in Australian public life. Acknowledgements of Country are typically spoken at the beginning of events by either Indigenous or non-Indigenous people. While celebrated as a practice that gives voice and primacy to Country, Indigenous peoples and their cultural practices, they have also attracted criticism for being tokenistic and minimising the severity of the genocide and continuing exploitation of Indigenous peoples. Supporting a body of work that critically engages with the values and structure of Acknowledgements of Country, we deploy a variety of tools from systemic functional linguistics to analyse 20 examples (both spoken and written), using the lexicogrammatical and discourse semantic systems of agency, transitivity and appraisal. Our findings show that there are both obligatory and optional parts in the Acknowledgments of Country, and that these linguistic choices can illuminate contemporary power dynamics and political stances. Our intention here is to the highlight the language choices that place obligations and duties on speakers in delivering their Acknowledgements of Country.
意义仪式:国家致谢的语言分析
摘要本文介绍了澳大利亚致谢的语言分析,这是一种古老的土著习俗,现在在澳大利亚的公共生活中越来越普遍。通常由土著或非土著人民在活动开始时说出对国家的致谢。虽然庆祝活动被视为一种给予国家、土著人民及其文化习俗以声音和首要地位的做法,但也因其象征性和将种族灭绝的严重性降到最低以及对土著人民的持续剥削而受到批评。为了支持一系列批判性地参与国家致谢的价值观和结构的工作,我们使用了系统功能语言学的各种工具来分析20个例子(口头和书面),使用了代理、及物性和评价的词汇语法和话语语义系统。我们的研究结果表明,在国家致谢中既有强制性部分,也有可选部分,这些语言选择可以阐明当代的权力动态和政治立场。我们在这里的目的是强调语言选择,使发言者在发表国家致谢时负有义务和责任。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Australian Studies (JAS) is the journal of the International Australian Studies Association (InASA). In print since the mid-1970s, in the last few decades JAS has been involved in some of the most important discussion about the past, present and future of Australia. The Journal of Australian Studies is a fully refereed, international quarterly journal which publishes scholarly articles and reviews on Australian culture, society, politics, history and literature. The editorial practice is to promote and include multi- and interdisciplinary work.
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