Negations and negativity as linguistic devices in policy discourse of intercultural cities

Negations and negativity as linguistic devices in policy discourse of intercultural cities

Intercultural cities - a joint initiative launched in 2008 by the European Commission and the Council of Europe - aims to develop a model supporting intercultural integration within diversified urban communities. This article examines, using methods of applied linguistics and discourse analysis, how...

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Published in:Journal of multicultural discourses Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 332 - 348
Main Authors: Lähdesmäki, Tuuli, Heynderickx, Priscilla C.C.A., Wagener, Albin, Dieltjens, Sylvain M.F.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Abingdon Routledge 02-09-2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Subjects:
Cities
Discourse analysis
Humanities and Social Sciences
Interculturalism
Interculturality
language
Language usage
Library and information sciences
negations
negativity
Political discourse
Rhetoric
Sociology
urban policy
Negativity
Negations
Discourse analysis
Language
Interculturalism
Urban policy
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Summary:Intercultural cities - a joint initiative launched in 2008 by the European Commission and the Council of Europe - aims to develop a model supporting intercultural integration within diversified urban communities. This article examines, using methods of applied linguistics and discourse analysis, how intercultural urban policy is linguistically produced in the initiative. The examination indicates that the intercultural urban policy in the initiative is 'negative politics': the policy rhetoric commonly outlines the content of interculturalism by describing what is not included in it and what the policy is not about. The language used in the intercultural urban policy rhetoric presents the coexistence of distinct cultures as a problematic and conflicting issue. This contradicts the fundamental principle of the policy, which aims for co-operative and positive encountering between people in an urban environment.
ISSN:1744-7143
1747-6615
DOI:10.1080/17447143.2015.1067220