The pragmatics of minority politics in Belgium
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2861287 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Blommaert (0000-0002-2474-953X), Jef Verschueren (0000-0002-4120-9068, University of Antwerp) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 503-531 |
| Publication date | 1991-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404500016705 |
| OpenAlex | W2096757799 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 14 |
Newspaper reports, political policy papers, and investigations by social scientists concerning issues related to the presence of a community of migrant workers in Belgium are subjected to a systematic, pragmatic analysis. The analysis reveals an eminently coherent world of beliefs and attitudes with respect to (1) perceptions of the "other," (2) the self-perception of majority members, (3) formulations of "the problem," and (4) proposed solutions. This world of beliefs and attitudes is shown to be centered around stable - even if vague - notions of culture, nation and state, democracy and human rights, and around related recipes for "integration" that reveal a collective psyche profoundly troubled by the very idea of diversity in society (linguistic or otherwise). Homogeneity appears to be a strict norm for average members of Belgian society, irrespective of the specific political positions they take. (Minority politics, language and ideology, pragmatics, political rhetoric, news reporting, ethnicity
Democracy · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Ideology · Linguistics · Media studies · Newspaper · Norm (philosophy) · Perception · Political science · Politics · Pragmatics · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Law · Migration, Policy, and Dickens Studies · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Minority Rights and Languages · Philosophy
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Language Choices at Naha Airport
Political Language in Contrast
Multilingual school population
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Public opinion paradigms
The slow shift in orthodoxy
Participant role shifting in minority language institutional interactions
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The Pragmatic Return to Meaning
Contrastive ideology research
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The Belgian migrant debate1
Ideology
The pragmatics of minority politics in Belgium
Structural assimilation in young first-, second- and third-generation migrants in Flanders
Aspect, Transitivity, and Viewpoint
Ethnic groups and boundaries
Analyzing Intercultural Communication
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The pragmatics of minority politics in Belgium
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Discourse Strategies
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2025 (35) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |