Discursive Discrimination

A Typology

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2397733
AutoresKristina Boréus (0000-0002-3923-9858, Stockholm University, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume9
Fascículo3
Páginas405-424
Data de publicação2006-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1368431006065721
OpenAlexW2027274450
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas11

This article presents a typology of discursive discrimination, discrimination carried out through the use of language. It is argued that such a typology should fulfil certain criteria in order to be useful for empirical research. The proposed typology consists of four main concepts: (1) exclusion from discourse; (2) negative other-presentation; (3) objectification; and (4) proposals pointing towards unfavourable non-linguistic treatment. The related concept of othering - the creation of a psychological distance to people understood to belong to groups others than 'us' - is also presented. The manner in which the different forms of discursive discrimination and othering can be operationalized is demonstrated through examples from empirical studies of discourses of people categorized as mentally deficient, as deaf, and as immigrants in public debate in Sweden in the past 75 years

Empirical research · Epistemology · Linguistic typology · Linguistics · Objectification · Operationalization · Sociology · Typology · Anthropology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology