ADRIANA BOLÍVAR. POLITICAL DISCOURSE AS DIALOGUE. A LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE.

FADDA, SANDRA

Spanish in Context

Benjamins Publishing Company

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2020 vol. 17 p. 153 - 153

1571-0718

he book Political Discourse Analysis. A Latin American Perspective is part of the Cultural Discourse Studies Series, a multicultural mode of research whose ultimate aim is to explore discourse in different domains and in different cultures. This book in particular centres on political discourse as dialogue and is an enriching contribution to several disciplines that range from linguistics to political science approaching the object of study from a critical perspective. It explores the ways in which dialogue helps shape the political scenario and transform democracy. The point of view is socio-political with prominence given to the role of participants in interaction, to the texts that are co-constructed by them, and to the responsibility of social actors in democratic dialogue in a particular political culture. In other words, the author proposes a new perspective on political dialogue, a change in focus from texts in contexts to people in events. Therefore, this dialogue-centred pers