Language as a tool of animal oppression : The role of grammar in representing farm animals

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Language as a tool of animal oppression : The role of grammar in representing farm animals

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Language as a form of social practice plays a significant role in the sustainment and reinforcement of power relations, dominance and inequality between different groups of people (Fairclough 2001, 2003). Ecolinguistic approaches to the study of language (Stibbe 2001, 2012) stress that language practice also reflects and at the same time sustains the relationship of humans towards other animal species and contributes to the cruel and destructive behavior we display towards them. The linguistic choices we make when speaking about animals help construe their social identity as inferior entities or even objects, which is pivotal in manufacturing human consent to the oppression and cruel treatment of animals (Stibbe 2001, 2012). While these mechanisms might most easily be observed on lexical level, this paper examines how farm animals and their interactions with humans are more subtly represented on the level of grammar.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Language as a tool of animal oppression : The role of grammar in representing farm animals

Popis výsledku anglicky

Language as a form of social practice plays a significant role in the sustainment and reinforcement of power relations, dominance and inequality between different groups of people (Fairclough 2001, 2003). Ecolinguistic approaches to the study of language (Stibbe 2001, 2012) stress that language practice also reflects and at the same time sustains the relationship of humans towards other animal species and contributes to the cruel and destructive behavior we display towards them. The linguistic choices we make when speaking about animals help construe their social identity as inferior entities or even objects, which is pivotal in manufacturing human consent to the oppression and cruel treatment of animals (Stibbe 2001, 2012). While these mechanisms might most easily be observed on lexical level, this paper examines how farm animals and their interactions with humans are more subtly represented on the level of grammar.

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O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

AI - Jazykověda

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů