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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972039703321

Autore

Leith Murray Stewart

Titolo

Political discourse and national identity in Scotland / / Murray Stewart Leith and Daniel P.J. Soule

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2011

ISBN

9786613221865

9780748652914

0748652914

9781283221863

1283221861

9780748647118

0748647112

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 176 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Altri autori (Persone)

SouleDaniel P. J

Disciplina

320.5409411

Soggetti

Communication in politics - Scotland

Decentralization in government - Scotland

Discourse analysis - Political aspects - Scotland

Nationalism - Scotland

Scotland Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Whose nationalism is it anyway -- The politics of contemporary Scottish nationalism -- The changing sense of Scotland: the political employment of national identity -- Nationalism's metaphor: the discourse and grammar of national personification -- Mass perceptions of national identity: locating national identity in the public's discourse -- The Scottish political elite view of national identity -- (Re)describing Scottish national identity.

Sommario/riassunto

Addresses issues of national identity and nationalism in Scotland from a political and linguistic perspective.