Submitted on Thursday 26th September 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 1st October 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
MPs should not use provocative, incendiary and divisive language.
The field of Critical Discourse Analysis helps us understand the affect of language on society and psychology. The current government are guilty of using vile ideology laden rhetoric which provokes anger in their followers and could potentially lead to violence and tragedy as it has in the past.
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Halliday, M.A.K., & Matthiessen, C. 2004. An Introduction to Functional Grammar (3rd ed.). London: Arnold.
Hart, C. 2914. Discourse, Grammar and Ideology: Functional and Cognitive Perspectives. London: Bloomsbury.
Thompson, G. 2004. Introducing Functional Grammar (2nd ed.). London: Hodder Education.
van Dijk, T.A. 1998. Ideology: A Multidisciplinary Approach. London: Sage
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