Intergroup Conflict
The Discursive Battle Over Quebec Independence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10228741 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shawn C O'Connor (University of Victoria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 777-794 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1998.tb01248.x |
| OpenAlex | W2051513526, W4244792306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
An investigation of the 1995 Quebec referendum on political independence was undertaken to discover the manner in which sovereignists (proponents of Quebec independence) and federalists (proponents of a united Canada) discursively constructed both their preferred version of the conflict over Quebec independence and group identity. A discourse analysis revealed several linguistic features, such as lexical style and metaphor, that contributed to these constructions. Sovereignists, on the one hand, presented a unified position of sovereignty and portrayed the Canadian state as an imperialistic regime aggressing against Quebec and its people. Federalists, on the other hand, typically drew on negative expressions to denote independence, such as separation and breakup, and constructed sovereignists as dishonest. Results are discussed in terms of the constructive aspects of the message and the interrelatedness of the sovereignist and federalist narratives
Aesthetics · Battle · Constructive · Identity (music · Independence (probability theory · Linguistics · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Sociology · Sovereignty · Canadian Identity and History · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender Studies · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Study of Discourse
Different Bodies, Different Minds
Understanding by addressees and overhearers
Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations
Discourse and social change
Experts at Debate
Politics is Football
Images of Involvement and Integrity
Principles of Critical Discourse Analysis
Discourse Semantics and Ideology
The Charter of the United Nations
Vilification and social movements
Manufacturing consent
The social construction of reality
The Influence of Source Credibility on Communication Effectiveness
The social constructionist movement in modern psychology
In-group bias in the minimal intergroup situation
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |