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Manufacturing dissent : the discursive formation of nuclear proliferation (2006-2012)

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MacDonald, Malcolm, Homolar, Alexandra, Rethel, Lena, Schnurr, Stephanie and Vessey, Rachelle (2015) Manufacturing dissent : the discursive formation of nuclear proliferation (2006-2012). Discourse and Communication, Volume 9 (Number 2). pp. 173-197. doi:10.1177/1750481314568546 ISSN 1750-4813 .

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Abstract

This paper draws on the conceptualisation of 'discursive formation' to examine the particular configuration of the ‘objects, subjects, concepts and strategies’ (Foucault, 1972) which constitute ‘nuclear proliferation’ between 2006 and 2012. While previous studies have mostly explored the discourse of nuclear proliferation through the analysis of newspaper texts, few have considered corpora from different sites or considered the changes, transformations and contradictions that take place when meanings are delocated from one site and relocated in another. Elements of poststructuralist discourse theory, critical linguistics and corpus linguistics are brought together to consider how events were constructed within two corpora: UNSC resolutions and newspaper articles published in prominent UK and US broadsheets. WordSmith Tools (Version 5) was used to analyse word frequencies, statistical patterns of keywords, word collocation profiles and concordance patterns. Results indicate that the most salient lexical items refer to actors, strategic actions and technologies. As these constituents of nuclear proliferation are delocated from the political sphere and relocated in the public sphere, three discursive strategies unfold: personalisation, normalisation or exceptionalisation, and reification.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Nuclear nonproliferation, Discourse analysis, Corpora (Linguistics), United Nations. Security Council, Reporters and reporting
Journal or Publication Title: Discourse and Communication
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN: 1750-4813
Official Date: 24 April 2015
Dates:
DateEvent
24 April 2015Published
11 February 2015Available
1 December 2014Submitted
Volume: Volume 9
Number: Number 2
Page Range: pp. 173-197
DOI: 10.1177/1750481314568546
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 28 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access: 28 December 2015
Funder: University of Warwick
Grant number: RDF1063

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