Discursive representations of the Portuguese nation by the voice of power. The cases of Pedro Passos Coelho's and António Costa's inaugural speeches
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https://doi.org/10.21814/diacritica.5017Keywords:
power, state, political discourse, representation, identityAbstract
This article has as its main objective to analyze the discursive practices of representation of the Portuguese nation by means of the inaugural speeches of Prime Ministers Pedro Passos Coelho and António Costa in June 2011 and November 2015 respectively. Based on a transdisciplinary approach, the analysis has led to the identification and understanding of the mechanisms used by Portugal’s voice of power to reinforce its legitimacy, impose a particular style of leadership and present its ideological vision of the nation. The strategies used to lead the target audience to adhere to this vision have also been the object of analysis. On the whole, it has been shown that in spite of the essentially different vision defended by both leaders for the future of the country, the options chosen to transmit that vision, as well as the arguments on which the speeches are based, do share many common characteristics.
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