Pragmatic aspects of semiosis in political discourse: disputes about facts
https://doi.org/10.31249/poln/2023.03.06
Abstract
The article explores various aspects of the study of factual disputes from the perspective of the pragmatic turn in political science. First, the article discusses pragmatics in general, starting from Peirce's semiotics and Austin's speech act theory and the theory of modalities, which laid the foundation for understanding how language is used to make truth claims and the various ways in which those claims can be challenged. Then the authors explore the concept of discourse as a social practice and its relation to the study of politics, drawing on the ideas of van Dijk and Wodak. We also discuss the role of power and ideology in shaping discourse, and the importance of analyzing multimodal social semiosis in understanding the constructing and contesting the factual disputes. The article also explores the logonomic systems and logonomic rules that underlie successful social semiosis, as well as the role of modal contexts and interworld relations in pragmasemantics. Finally, the authors discuss the importance of linguistic and social semiotic approaches to the study of disputes about facts in political science. By examining the linguistic and semiotic strategies used to construct and contest truth claims, we can gain a deeper understanding of the political forces involved in shaping public discourse and the ways in which language is used to shape public opinion.
About the Authors
И. Казаков
HSE University; Pskov State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kazakov Ilya,
Moscow; Pskov.
I. V. Fomin
United States
Fomin Ivan, independent researcher
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