Discursive Approaches to Politics in Malaysia Legitimising Governance /
This open access book examines Malaysian politics using a linguistic perspective. It explores how language serves to (de)legitimise governance, and its subsequent policies and activities in Malaysia. Grounded in discourse studies, this edited volume presents research on the discourses produced by an...
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| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023. |
| Series: | Asia in Transition,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction (Kumaran Rajandran)
- Chapter 1. Voices of economic competence: Legitimizing the government in budget speeches (Kumaran Rajandran)
- Chapter 2. Legitimizing the government through vocational roles: A conceptual metaphor analysis of budget speeches (Farrah Diebaa Rashid Ali)
- Chapter 3. 'My appeal to the Malaysian people': Legitimizing the appointment as the 8th Prime Minister (Shanti Sandaran)
- Chapter 4. Ethnic inclusions and exclusions in the discourses of the Dignity Conference (Mary Varghese)
- Chapter 5. Selling race and religion in Malay language newspapers during the 2013 and 2018 general election campaigns (Siti Nurnadilla Mohamad Jamil)
- Chapter 6. Contesting views in the representation of ICERD in English language newspapers (Pei Soo Ang)
- Chapter 7. Framing the Tanjung Piai by-election in multilingual Malaysian newspapers (Prasana Rosaline Fernandez)
- Chapter 8. Conceptualizing money laundering in the 1MDB scandal: Ananalysis of metaphors in Sarawak Report (Rachel Lim)
- Chapter 9. KitaJagaKita: (De)legitimizing the government during the 2020 movement control order (Charity Lee)
- Chapter 10. Seeking legitimation in political uncertainties: Reforming the media? (Kow Kwan Yee).