Leadership and agency in Ukraine-related discourse: Focus on press conferences and Twitter

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://topling.ukf.sk/index.php/topling/article/view/142/120" target="_blank" >https://topling.ukf.sk/index.php/topling/article/view/142/120</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17846/topling-2024-0004" target="_blank" >10.17846/topling-2024-0004</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Leadership and agency in Ukraine-related discourse: Focus on press conferences and Twitter

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper reports on a study into discursive leadership and agency construction in Ukraine-related political discourse, as exemplified by press conferences and Twitter. The material used in the analysis includes transcripts of press conferences and Twitter posts by three European politicians, i.e. Mateusz Morawiecki, Boris Johnson and Olaf Scholz, from the period between February and June 2022. The study investigates how the speakers construct leadership and agency in two different communicative settings and whether any differences can be noted between their respective styles. Drawing on Systemic Functional Grammar, the analysis examines different process and reference types, and illustrates their role in the projection of leadership and agency, as well as accounts for the impact of the communicative setting on linguistic choices. The study reveals that material processes are the most visible in both situational contexts, which indicates that the politicians emphasize the actions taken in response to the crisis. Regarding the types of reference (i.e. first-person singular and first-person plural), the analysis shows that first-person plural forms linked to international collectivity are the most salient in both settings. The findings suggest that underscoring responsiveness, competence and international cooperation are the dominant strategies of establishing discursive leadership and agency in crisis circumstances.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Leadership and agency in Ukraine-related discourse: Focus on press conferences and Twitter

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper reports on a study into discursive leadership and agency construction in Ukraine-related political discourse, as exemplified by press conferences and Twitter. The material used in the analysis includes transcripts of press conferences and Twitter posts by three European politicians, i.e. Mateusz Morawiecki, Boris Johnson and Olaf Scholz, from the period between February and June 2022. The study investigates how the speakers construct leadership and agency in two different communicative settings and whether any differences can be noted between their respective styles. Drawing on Systemic Functional Grammar, the analysis examines different process and reference types, and illustrates their role in the projection of leadership and agency, as well as accounts for the impact of the communicative setting on linguistic choices. The study reveals that material processes are the most visible in both situational contexts, which indicates that the politicians emphasize the actions taken in response to the crisis. Regarding the types of reference (i.e. first-person singular and first-person plural), the analysis shows that first-person plural forms linked to international collectivity are the most salient in both settings. The findings suggest that underscoring responsiveness, competence and international cooperation are the dominant strategies of establishing discursive leadership and agency in crisis circumstances.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Topics in linguistics

ISSN

1337-7590

e-ISSN

2199-6504

Svazek periodika

25

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

55-69

Kód UT WoS článku

001356335700006

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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