Discursive Functions of [für + COLONIZED PEOPLE] in German Colonialism
Philipp Dreesen
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Philipp Dreesen, Discursive Functions of [für + COLONIZED PEOPLE] in German Colonialism (2016), Beltz Juventa, 69469 Weinheim, ISSN: 2195-867X, 2016 #03, S.302
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Zusammenfassung: Der Beitrag untersucht die diskursiven Funktionen der Konstruktion [für + KOLONISIERTE(R) MENSCH(EN)] anhand eines Korpus aus deutschen kolonialen Texten zwischen 1900 und 1920. Die Analyse von entsprechenden für-Präpositionalphrasen zeigt, dass diese bestimmte unidirektionale koloniale Relationen und Rollenzuschreibungen zwischen Kolonisierenden und Kolonisierten erzeugen und aufrechterhalten. Zudem ist es das Ziel des Artikels, auf Probleme der Anwendung deskriptiver grammatischer Kategorien (v. a. finaler, benefaktiver, repräsentativer, restriktiver Gebrauch von für) auf koloniale Diskursformationen hinzuweisen.
Schlagwörter: Diskurslinguistik, Postcolonial Language Studies, Kolonialismus, Beziehung, Präpositionalphrase, benefaktiv, repräsentativ, restriktiv
Abstract: This study examines the discursive functions of the construction [für + COLONIZED PEOPLE]. The corpus comprises German texts from the colonial era between the years 1900 and 1920. Looking at the use of such prepositional phrases, the text argues that the preposition für is crucial for creating and maintaining a specific relationship and semantic roles between colonizers and the colonized in a particular way. This study also aims to highlight problems by applying descriptive grammatical categories (especially final, benefactive, representative, and restrictive uses of für) for colonial discursive formations.
Keywords: discourse linguistics, (post-)colonial linguistics, colonialism, relation, prepositional phrase, benefactive, representative, restrictive
Schlagwörter: Diskurslinguistik, Postcolonial Language Studies, Kolonialismus, Beziehung, Präpositionalphrase, benefaktiv, repräsentativ, restriktiv
Abstract: This study examines the discursive functions of the construction [für + COLONIZED PEOPLE]. The corpus comprises German texts from the colonial era between the years 1900 and 1920. Looking at the use of such prepositional phrases, the text argues that the preposition für is crucial for creating and maintaining a specific relationship and semantic roles between colonizers and the colonized in a particular way. This study also aims to highlight problems by applying descriptive grammatical categories (especially final, benefactive, representative, and restrictive uses of für) for colonial discursive formations.
Keywords: discourse linguistics, (post-)colonial linguistics, colonialism, relation, prepositional phrase, benefactive, representative, restrictive