Since the 1960s, liberal values such as non-discrimination, equal participation of all in social, political, and cultural spheres, and individual freedom have driven processes of democratization in Western societies – a trend that has recently been countered by the resurgence of illiberal forces, right-wing populism, and authoritarianism.
This volume examines processes of democratization and de-democratization from an interdisciplinary perspective, showing how they unfold in language, cultural discourses, and communicative practices. In particular, the collection highlights research on changing roles and social positions: Who has access to which social roles, how these roles are performed, and how individual actors are positioned or position themselves within social power structures has undergone profound changes in recent decades, not least in the context of new media environments that challenge established power structures and forms of discourse. Bringing together contributions from linguistics, cultural studies, and related disciplines, the volume seeks to expand our understanding of (de-)democratization beyond the theoretical frameworks of the social sciences.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars in fields such as applied linguistics, discourse analysis, cultural studies, education, political science, and sociology.
This volume examines processes of democratization and de-democratization from an interdisciplinary perspective, showing how they unfold in language, cultural discourses, and communicative practices.
Introduction to the edited collection: The language of democratization:
Roles, social positions, and discourse Svenja Kranich & Simone Knewitz Part
1: Language and discourse variation and change as reflections of social roles
and positions
1. The impact of social roles on pragmatic conventions: Recent
change in American English as effect of democratization Svenja Kranich, Hanna
Bruns, & Reem Sabra
2. Happy birthday, machchal! Address terms in English
interactions of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora Anke Lensch
3. Vox populi, vox
dei! The feminization of titles, offices, and professional names in
contemporary Italian language: Mental schemas for different and multiple
social roles in linguistic democratization Daniela Pirazzini
4. Pronunciation
and political power: The case of Emmanuel Macron Anke Grutschus Part 2:
Discourse, roles, and language(s) in language politics and education
5.
Social marginality through language policy measures: The gate-keeping
function of language proficiency examinations for migrants in Italy Silvia
Bonacchi
6. Minority languages and democracy in Germany and Spain: Current
trends in applying the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Felix Tacke & Claudia Wich-Reif
7. The democratization imperative and lines
of argumentation on inclusive education: The discourse on integrazione
scolastica in Italy in the mid-1970s Eugenio Riversi Part 3: Roles and social
positions in discourses on (de-)marginalization
8. Whos afraid of Critical
Race Theory? Moms for Liberty, white identity politics, and the affective
rhetoric of the Right in the U.S. Simone Knewitz
9. To bring true
reconciliation and healing: Discursive strategies and practices of freedmen
equality and inclusion in the Cherokee Nation Sabine N. Meyer
10. The letters
of exclusion: Indonesias anti-LGBT discourse and the creation of a social
symptom Timo Duile
11. Worldbuilding & diversity, equality, and inclusion
Imke Lichterfeld
Svenja Kranich is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Bonn, Germany.
Simone Knewitz is Senior Lecturer in North American Studies at the University of Bonn, Germany.
Daniela Pirazzini is Professor of Romance Linguistics at the University of Bonn, Germany.
Hanna Bruns is a research assistant at the University of Bonn, Germany, where she is currently also pursuing her PhD.
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