Language in Politics
A.Y. 2023/2024
Learning objectives
Il corso illustra gli usi della lingua inglese nell'ambito della comunicazione politica contemporanea, analizzando contesti diversi ma correlati, dall'arena pubblica e dalle sedi istituzionali ai news media e i social networks. Tra gli aspetti linguistici, discorsivi e culturali dei messaggi, particolare attenzione è riservata all'impiego della metafora concettuale. I testi utilizzati discutono di alcuni case study di grande attualità.
Expected learning outcomes
Undefined
Lesson period: Third trimester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Third trimester
More specific information on the delivery modes of training activities for the academic year 2023/24 will be provided over the coming months, based on the evolution of the public health situation.
Course syllabus
MODULE 1:
An introduction to the language of politics - theory (rhetorics, rhetorical language, some common communicative strategies) and practice (practice texts concerned with politics and newsgiving).
MODULE 2
Presidential addresses
MODULE 3
Language (students develop language skills and vocabulary related to political discourse).
An introduction to the language of politics - theory (rhetorics, rhetorical language, some common communicative strategies) and practice (practice texts concerned with politics and newsgiving).
MODULE 2
Presidential addresses
MODULE 3
Language (students develop language skills and vocabulary related to political discourse).
Prerequisites for admission
Students must have passed a Placement Test in English (more info on how and when to sit for the Placement Test, see here: https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/competenze-linguistiche/placement-test-test-di-ingresso-e-corsi-di-inglese).
Teaching methods
Lecturing.
Pair and team work.
Focus on listening and reading comprehension skills.
Pair and team work.
Focus on listening and reading comprehension skills.
Teaching Resources
MODULE 1:
Ruth Wodak, Language and Politics. Online on Ariel.
Alan Partington and Charlotte Taylor, The Language of Persuasion in Politics: an Introduction (Digital library Unimi)
MODULE 2:
-Deborah Cameron, "Banter, Male Bonding, and the Language of Donald Trump," in Language in the Trump Era: Scandals and Emergencies, edited by Janet McIntosh e Norma Mendoza-Denton, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, p. 158 - 167. (digital library)
- Jason R. Jividen, Claiming Lincoln. Progressivism, Equality, and the Battle for Lincoln's Legacy in Presidential Rhetoric, Northern Illinois University Press, 2011. (only introduction and chapter 6 "Barack Obama's Lincoln.") (digital library)
- Lee Sigelman e Cynthia Whissell, "The great communicator and the great talker on the radio: projecting presidential personas, in Presidential Studies Quarterly, 2002-03-01, Vol.32 (1), p.137-146. (digital library)
Eugenio Lilli, "From George W. Bush to Donald Trump: Understanding the Exceptional Resilience of Democracy Promotion in US Political Discourse", in Trump's America. Political Culture and National Identity, edited by Liam Kennery, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
Course material available on Ariel.
MODULE 3:
Course material available on Ariel.
Ruth Wodak, Language and Politics. Online on Ariel.
Alan Partington and Charlotte Taylor, The Language of Persuasion in Politics: an Introduction (Digital library Unimi)
MODULE 2:
-Deborah Cameron, "Banter, Male Bonding, and the Language of Donald Trump," in Language in the Trump Era: Scandals and Emergencies, edited by Janet McIntosh e Norma Mendoza-Denton, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020, p. 158 - 167. (digital library)
- Jason R. Jividen, Claiming Lincoln. Progressivism, Equality, and the Battle for Lincoln's Legacy in Presidential Rhetoric, Northern Illinois University Press, 2011. (only introduction and chapter 6 "Barack Obama's Lincoln.") (digital library)
- Lee Sigelman e Cynthia Whissell, "The great communicator and the great talker on the radio: projecting presidential personas, in Presidential Studies Quarterly, 2002-03-01, Vol.32 (1), p.137-146. (digital library)
Eugenio Lilli, "From George W. Bush to Donald Trump: Understanding the Exceptional Resilience of Democracy Promotion in US Political Discourse", in Trump's America. Political Culture and National Identity, edited by Liam Kennery, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
Course material available on Ariel.
MODULE 3:
Course material available on Ariel.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The test is computer-based and is made up of 38 closed questions (multiple choice or true or false). The duration of the test is 30 minutes.
The questions are based on the reading material, lesson notes and any additional material to be found on Ariel.
The questions are based on the reading material, lesson notes and any additional material to be found on Ariel.
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH - University credits: 9
Lessons: 60 hours
Professor:
Marongiu Maria Antonietta
Educational website(s)
Professor(s)
Reception:
by appointment online or in the office
on TEAMS or in Via Livorno 1