Submitted on Tuesday 1st October 2019
Rejected on Monday 14th October 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Make using incendiary or divisive language a criminal offence for all MPs.
The field of Critical Discourse Analysis explains 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. This could potentially lead to violence and tragedy as it has in the past.
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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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