Time tells a story
Temporality as a marker of ideology in the Palestinian political
discourse
This study provides a synthesized perspective on the functions
and ideological orientation of time adverbials as (re)situated in their
socio-political contexts in five speeches by the Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas at the UN. By analysing adverbials of truncated, extending, and fixed time
references, the study reveals some systematic ideological formulations of
conflict and resolution in the Palestinian political discourse. Adverbials of
truncated and extending time are incongruous and generate a sense of
interpretive dissonance. The truncated sense is embedded and more particular,
thus counteracting the extending time which is established as more progressive,
perseverant and consistent. This represents power asymmetries and different
ideological orientations to conflict and resolution. Adverbials of fixed time,
however, are transformative; they grant an end to a clash of ideologies due to
the conflict between truncated and extending temporalities, and therefore
resurrect a discourse that is based on equity and justice.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 1.1Palestine between time and atemporality
- 1.2On time
- 1.3On deictics
- 1.4On ideology
- 2.Temporality expressed through adverbials in the Palestinian political
discourse
- 2.1[laħðˤah]: The truncated sense
- 2.2[mə zælə]: The extending sense
- 2.3[?al?æn]: The fixed sense
- 3.Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
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References
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Links
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