immigration through the lens of british and american
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Immigration through the lens of British and American politicians: a political and linguistic approach
Denise MiliziaEnglish Language and Translation (L-LIN/12)
Ateneo
Department of Political Science
Piazza Cesare Battisti
Department of Political Science
Corso Italia 234th floorRoom 28
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International and European Studies
Private and Public Administration
Science of Social Service
2nd year
International and European Studies
Private and Public Administration
SPRISE
SAPP8 CFU
64 hours
SSS2nd year
Science of Social Service
56 hours
7 CFU
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
B.A. International and European Studies
B.A. Private and Public Administration
B.A. Science of Social Service
M.A.
International Relations
M.A.
Administrative Science
B.A. International and European Studies
B.A. Private and Public Administration
B.A. Science of Social Service
8 CFU
8 CFU
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Attendance
Attendance
Highly recommended
exam
1. written test
exam
1. written test1st esonero
2nd esonero
3rd esonero
exam
1. written test
2. oral test
1st esonero
2nd esonero
3rd esonero
What do we do?
How do we do it?
We study grammar, lexis and
phrases through the
language of politicians.
Examples taken from
real life language use!
We study the language of
politics through the language
of politicians.
Examples taken from
real life language use!
POLITICAL CORPUS
What is a CORPUS ?POLITICAL CORPUS
A CORPUS is a collection of texts that
we can process automatically.
What is a CORPUS ?POLITICAL CORPUS
SPOKEN
WRITTEN
SPOKEN
WRITTEN
SPOKEN
WRITTEN
SPOKEN
WRITTEN
Pre-vote data
Post-vote data
Pre-vote data
Post-vote data
All the speeches delivered by:
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
Barack H. Obama (2009-2016)Donald Trump (2016-today)
All the speeches delivered by:
Tony Blair (1997-2007)
Gordon Brown (2007-2010)
David Cameron & Nick Clegg (2010-2015)
David Cameron (2015 - 2016)
Theresa May (2016 - today)
All the speeches delivered by:
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
Barack H. Obama (2009-2016)
All the speeches delivered by:
Tony Blair (1997-2007)
Gordon Brown (2007-2010)
David Cameron & Nick Clegg (2010-2015)
David Cameron (2015 - 2016)
Theresa May (2016 - today)
Donald Trump (2016-today)
SPOKEN
corpus
SPOKEN
WRITTEN
1. 2.
Do you think there is a connection between terrorism and immigration?
Do you think there is a connection between Brexit and immigration?
Do you think there is a connection between Brexit and immigration?
Immigrations seems to be the mainproblem to push Britain toward Brexit.
We study grammar, lexis and
phrases through the
language of politicians.
Examples taken from
real life language use!
How would you translate the following sentences into English?
Noi vorremmo che la Gran Bretagna restasse in Europa
La Gran Bretagna vuole eliminare l’immigrazione incontrollata
Lei vuole che la Scozia sia il miglior posto al mondo in cui crescere i bambini.
Objective clause
How would you translate the following sentences into English?
Da quanto tempo la Gran Bretagna sta cercando di uscire dall’Unione Europea?
Da quanto tempo Donald Trump è Presidente degli Stati Uniti?
Da quanto tempo lavori qui?Da vent’anni.
Da quanto tempo insegni un questa università?Da quindici anni.
immigration
What is immigration?
Is it a good thing?Is it a bad thing?
How do these politicians conceiveand perceive immigration in their
country?
Read vertically
Read vertically
Read vertically
Read vertically
READ
VERTICALLY
Which words do you expect Donald Trump to saynear the word IMMIGRATION?
border
southern
Mexico
fence
barrier
chain
merit-based
crisis
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