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Le clair-obscur du discours politique

Mihaela Ivan

Pages 29–32

Licence © 2003 the authors · CC BY 4.0

Abstract

Power of words, manipulation, wooden language, totalitarian ideology. Rudimentary, coarse and opaque, the wooden language of the communist propaganda discourse is just a way of blurring reason. It is meant to cause some sort of paralysis or hypnosis in order to put to sleep the receiver's consciousness and will to express himself/herself as an individual, rebel and dissident voice. Its tools are: replacing the density and consistence of discourse by the vague, lack of dynamism in the discourse syntax, repetition of stereotype formulas, lack of deictic words (we only means the unity of the people, now is the communist era, tomorrow becomes the bright future of this era), the continuous statement of social consensus.

Keywords —

wooden language · communist propaganda discourse · syntax · stereotype formulas · lack of deictic words
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Ivan, M. (2003). Le clair-obscur du discours politique. Dialogos, 07, 29–32.

Ivan, Mihaela. “Le clair-obscur du discours politique.” Dialogos, vol. 07, 2003, pp. 29–32.

Ivan, Mihaela. 2003. “Le clair-obscur du discours politique.” Dialogos 07: 29–32.

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