EAN: 9789811953361

DISCURSIVE APPROACHES TO POLITICS IN MALAYSIA K...

This open access book examines Malaysian politics using a linguistic perspective. It explores
how language serves to (de)legitimise governance  and its subsequent policies and activities in
Malaysia. Grounded in discourse studies  this edited volume presents research on the discourses
produced by and on Barisan Nasional  Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional from 2008 to 2020 
studying how political actors (de)legitimise their governance through discursive means. The
thirteen original chapters select spoken  print and digital texts in English  Malay  Mandarin
and Tamil  and deploy varied theoretical and methodological approaches. Their linguistic
analysis unearths the language features and strategies that facilitate (de)legitimation. It
shows how political actors shape the discursive representation and evaluation of multiple
concerns in Malaysia. Consequently  Discursive Approaches to Politics in Malaysia: Legitimising
Governance improves our understanding of contemporary Malaysian political discourse. It is of
interest to graduates and researchers in the field of discourse studies  seeking to understand
the discursive contours of politics in this developing Asian country.

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