Resuscitation, Redemption and Empathy: A Positive Discourse Analysis toward Language Violence

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2018.04.004

Abstract

Abstract: Linguistic remarks about linguistic violence events are chiefly made from the perspective of critical discourse analysis (CDA). However, deconstruction-oriented CDA can be complemented by constructive positive discourse analysis (PDA); exposure and criticism of linguistic violence need to be complemented by sympathy and help for its victims, and the society's concern for it. This paper observes the ATTITUDE resources in Monica Lewinsky's TED talk The Price of Shame and viewers' responses to it, a PDA approach to the psychological recovery of the victim of linguistic violence, the repentance of the offenders, and the general public's recognition of linguistic bullying and their empathy with the victim.

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WANG Pin. Resuscitation, Redemption and Empathy: A Positive Discourse Analysis toward Language Violence[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2018, 18(04): 49-57.

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