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On the language of liberalism Liberal language ideology in Polish discourse of linguistics (1970-1989) as a form of pro-democratic resistance

Stanisz-Lubowiecka, A; (2024) On the language of liberalism Liberal language ideology in Polish discourse of linguistics (1970-1989) as a form of pro-democratic resistance. Journal of Language and Politics , 23 (4) pp. 565-587. 10.1075/jlp.23014.sta. Green open access

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Abstract

In this article, I look at linguistic studies of communist propaganda produced by oppositional scholars in the last two decades of state socialism in Poland. I argue that Polish discourse of linguistics in 1970-1989 was a vehicle for the promotion of liberalism in the People's Republic of Poland and an important area of political contestation. I demonstrate that Polish linguistic studies of communist propaganda should not be assumed to be "objective" or politically disengaged. Ideas about language detectable in these studies, especially "referentialism", promote liberal democracy by consistently implying values characteristic of liberalism as a political ideology. In this way, Polish linguists engaged in a form of anti-communist resistance and formulated language policy proposals for the language of liberal democracy. I argue that language ideologies are sometimes systematically related to political ideologies by promoting specific political values or points of view.

Type: Article
Title: On the language of liberalism Liberal language ideology in Polish discourse of linguistics (1970-1989) as a form of pro-democratic resistance
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.23014.sta
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.23014.sta
Language: English
Additional information: © John Benjamins Publishing Company. Available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Keywords: communist authoritarianism; Critical Discourse Analysis; Eastern Europe; George Orwell; language ideology; language policy; liberalism; Newspeak; Poland; propaganda
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10194753
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