Seminar "The words of political discourse: genealogy and permanence of meanings, lexical and ideological conflicts."

The Division Cognition, Texts and Contexts of the  University Institute of  Textual Analysis and Applications organizes the Seminar "The words of political discourse: genealogy and permanence of meanings, lexical and ideological conflicts." which will feature the Professor of Spanish linguist, Carmen Pineira-Tresmontant de la  University of Artois.

The Seminar will take place on July 22 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the IATEXT Headquarters.

Attendance is free and for new and senior researchers.

The words of political discourse: genealogy and permanence of meanings, lexical and ideological conflicts Like any discourse, political discourse is a statement intended to have a certain impact on its addressees; for this, the enunciator intentionally chooses his words, formulas and tone in order to be as effective as possible; he gets it more or less well and it's not just a matter of rhetoric.

In fact, the "words" or "formulas" resonate with the audience; many political declarations seek to shake the memory of recipients who react to certain lexical units or particular phrases: they are, at this time and in this context, significant references; recipients know what the proper meaning is.

Textual data automatic processing tools open up new perspectives for qualitative data analysis methods. How to extract information from textual corpus and guarantee scientific legitimacy? From the analysis of a chronological textual series made up of speeches, we will address the following points:

1. Methodological table: (1h)

• Presentation of Discourse Analysis

• Presentation of the methodology: lexicometry

• Presentation of the tools

• Corpus Constitution

Pause (15’)

2. Application (1h30)

• Presentation of a corpus of study

• Presentation of some results

• Interpretation

3. Discussion (15’)