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題名 Constituting institutional identity in political discourse: The use of the first-person plural pronoun in China’s press conferences 作者 劉叡穎
Liu, Ruey-Ying貢獻者 社會系 日期 2023-05 上傳時間 21-Feb-2024 15:46:52 (UTC+8) 摘要 The discursive construction of institutional identity concerns how speakers, through their verbal conduct, perform actions as incumbents of particular institutional roles. This can be accomplished through the first-person plural pronoun, a salient marker of the ongoing displays, expressions, and constructions of institutional identity. Drawing on the Chinese premier's press conferences, this study investigates how politicians, journalists, and interpreters constitute their institutional identities through their use of the first-person plural pronoun (English we; Mandarin 我们 wǒmen). Relying on qualitative analysis and bivariate analysis, this study shows that Chinese journalists and interpreters tend to constitute their identities as aligned with the Chinese authority. This stands in contrast to patterns identified in independent press systems, in which journalists confront politicians, and interpreters serve as impartial facilitators. The findings illustrate the bounded fluidity of identities in political discourse and provide insight into the workings of the political communication system in an authoritarian context. (Political discourse, identity, personal pronoun, press conference, journalistic norm, mass communication, interpreter-mediated interaction, China, authoritarianism.) 關聯 Language in Society, pp.1-24 資料類型 article DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404523000386 dc.contributor 社會系 dc.creator (作者) 劉叡穎 dc.creator (作者) Liu, Ruey-Ying dc.date (日期) 2023-05 dc.date.accessioned 21-Feb-2024 15:46:52 (UTC+8) - dc.date.available 21-Feb-2024 15:46:52 (UTC+8) - dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 21-Feb-2024 15:46:52 (UTC+8) - dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/150016 - dc.description.abstract (摘要) The discursive construction of institutional identity concerns how speakers, through their verbal conduct, perform actions as incumbents of particular institutional roles. This can be accomplished through the first-person plural pronoun, a salient marker of the ongoing displays, expressions, and constructions of institutional identity. Drawing on the Chinese premier's press conferences, this study investigates how politicians, journalists, and interpreters constitute their institutional identities through their use of the first-person plural pronoun (English we; Mandarin 我们 wǒmen). Relying on qualitative analysis and bivariate analysis, this study shows that Chinese journalists and interpreters tend to constitute their identities as aligned with the Chinese authority. This stands in contrast to patterns identified in independent press systems, in which journalists confront politicians, and interpreters serve as impartial facilitators. The findings illustrate the bounded fluidity of identities in political discourse and provide insight into the workings of the political communication system in an authoritarian context. (Political discourse, identity, personal pronoun, press conference, journalistic norm, mass communication, interpreter-mediated interaction, China, authoritarianism.) dc.format.extent 105 bytes - dc.format.mimetype text/html - dc.relation (關聯) Language in Society, pp.1-24 dc.title (題名) Constituting institutional identity in political discourse: The use of the first-person plural pronoun in China’s press conferences dc.type (資料類型) article dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1017/S0047404523000386 dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404523000386
