who called them, Sunday *Indians or Shwannaks, that is, white people, the most opprobrious name they could invent. Powerful Constructions in the Service of Verbal Devaluation
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Alexander Lasch
Abstract
In this paper, I will address issues of (post-)colonial linguistic studies based on the premises and methods of Germanic discourse linguistics. I evaluate missionary narratives of the Moravian Church that provide us with an alternative perspective on North America at the end of the 18th century. To do so, it is necessary to briefly examine the Moravian Church and its (missionary) theology and to appreciate the sources that are the subject of the study, as they can help to question the constitution of our European and modern bodies of knowledge. Here, however, we will focus only on two exemplary constructions that can be used for verbal devaluation: adjectival attribution and naming. In the quantitatively supported qualitative analysis, I will focus on the use of these constructions and thus on one aspect of the linguistic contouring of discourse positions by actors in the Moravian church.
Abstract
In this paper, I will address issues of (post-)colonial linguistic studies based on the premises and methods of Germanic discourse linguistics. I evaluate missionary narratives of the Moravian Church that provide us with an alternative perspective on North America at the end of the 18th century. To do so, it is necessary to briefly examine the Moravian Church and its (missionary) theology and to appreciate the sources that are the subject of the study, as they can help to question the constitution of our European and modern bodies of knowledge. Here, however, we will focus only on two exemplary constructions that can be used for verbal devaluation: adjectival attribution and naming. In the quantitatively supported qualitative analysis, I will focus on the use of these constructions and thus on one aspect of the linguistic contouring of discourse positions by actors in the Moravian church.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: Discourse Analysis and Invectivity 1
- Notes on Invectivity and Metainvectivity 11
- Intentionalität vs. Normierung. Zu einem systematischen Aspekt des Diskriminierungsbegriffs 27
- who called them, Sunday *Indians or Shwannaks, that is, white people, the most opprobrious name they could invent. Powerful Constructions in the Service of Verbal Devaluation 45
- Unfreiwillige Publikumsinvektive und metainvektive Resonanz 71
- The Gammler as Invective Social Figure. A Proposal for Narrative Discourse Analysis 93
- „Politik den Profis überlassen“? Konstellationen des Invektiven im Kontext von Demonstrationen und Bürgerbeteiligung 115
- „Der Draht ist gut, hält uns ab vom dummen Leben“ 129
- Invektiven im Genozid. Zu Zeugnissen von überlebenden Tutsi 149
- Mention and Use. Invective and Metainvective Discourse Among Football Fans 177
- Vernetzung der Diskurse in der Invektive. Der Fall Silvia Romano 199
- Index 231
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Introduction: Discourse Analysis and Invectivity 1
- Notes on Invectivity and Metainvectivity 11
- Intentionalität vs. Normierung. Zu einem systematischen Aspekt des Diskriminierungsbegriffs 27
- who called them, Sunday *Indians or Shwannaks, that is, white people, the most opprobrious name they could invent. Powerful Constructions in the Service of Verbal Devaluation 45
- Unfreiwillige Publikumsinvektive und metainvektive Resonanz 71
- The Gammler as Invective Social Figure. A Proposal for Narrative Discourse Analysis 93
- „Politik den Profis überlassen“? Konstellationen des Invektiven im Kontext von Demonstrationen und Bürgerbeteiligung 115
- „Der Draht ist gut, hält uns ab vom dummen Leben“ 129
- Invektiven im Genozid. Zu Zeugnissen von überlebenden Tutsi 149
- Mention and Use. Invective and Metainvective Discourse Among Football Fans 177
- Vernetzung der Diskurse in der Invektive. Der Fall Silvia Romano 199
- Index 231
