A corpus-based discourse analysis of reparations inertia
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F25%3AS48I9DDI" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/25:S48I9DDI - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813241244609" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1177/17504813241244609</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17504813241244609" target="_blank" >10.1177/17504813241244609</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A corpus-based discourse analysis of reparations inertia
Original language description
The movement for reparations for those enslaved on the North American continent from 1450 to 1866 has a long history fraught with debate, criticized by individuals on both the right and left sides of the political spectrum. Specific points of contention include how much money should be allocated, who the recipients and potential liable parties should be, and what specific form reparations should take. Accounting for this historical opposition, this paper employs a corpus-based discourse analysis to examine the communicative barriers to implementing reparations. The corpora consisted of YouTube comments posted to news reports of six cities’ reparations proposals. I utilized Sketch Engine to examine frequency of keywords, collocations, and concordance, followed by a close-reading discourse analysis of lexical, grammatical, and tonal elements. The analysis revealed myriad constructions of reparations resulting in inertia, the institutional tendency to preserve the status quo. This discursive formation is consequential not only for its implications for reparations, but for broader structural reform efforts.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
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Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Discourse & Communication
ISSN
1750-4813
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Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
27
Pages from-to
741-767
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