A Conservative Britishness: A Critical Linguistics Analysis of a Conservative Policy Recommendation Report

• Authors: Małgorzata Paprota
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to attempt an analysis, using the tools of Critical Discourse Analysis, of the ways Britishness or British identity is constructed and situated in the Interim Report by Conservative National and International Security Policy Review Group. Selected lexicogrammatical functions will be analysed to show that Britishness in the report is positively charged; vague; inclusive and independent of ethnic origin; overlapping with Conservative values and ideas.

Keywords

EN

Britishness; British identity

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 33
• Pages: 180-190

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Paprota

• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland

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