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@article{1601377,
author = {Chovanec, Jan},
article_location = {Amsterdam},
article_number = {March 2020},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2020.01.003},
keywords = {face; racist discourse; metapragmatics; evasion; Roma; populism; critical discourse analysis; political discourse; accountability interview},
language = {eng},
issn = {0378-2166},
journal = {Journal of Pragmatics},
title = {“Those are not my words”: Evasion and metalingual accountability in political scandal talk},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216620300114},
volume = {158},
year = {2020}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1601377
AU - Chovanec, Jan
PY - 2020
TI - “Those are not my words”: Evasion and metalingual accountability in political scandal talk
JF - Journal of Pragmatics
VL - 158
IS - March 2020
SP - 66-79
EP - 66-79
PB - Elsevier
SN - 03782166
KW - face
KW - racist discourse
KW - metapragmatics
KW - evasion
KW - Roma
KW - populism
KW - critical discourse analysis
KW - political discourse
KW - accountability interview
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216620300114
L2 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216620300114
N2 - This article examines the issue of evasion in mediatized political interviews in the context of right-wing populist politics. As public figures, politicians are held accountable not only for their actions but also for their prior statements. Such ‘metalingual accountability’ applies to public contexts as well as utterances made in more private situations. Based on a case-study analysis of leaked conversations with a local populist politician and a subsequent follow-up media interview, the article identifies several metapragmatic strategies that are available to interviewees aiming to evade and deny utterances originally made in the backstage region. The findings indicate that equivocation and evasiveness arise from the politicians' need to mitigate the degree of face threat. This need is particularly acute where backstage honesty can lead to frontstage scandal, as in racist comments against certain ethnic groups, whereby the speaker's status as a publically acceptable politician is in danger.
ER -
CHOVANEC, Jan. “Those are not my words”: Evasion and metalingual accountability in political scandal talk. \textit{Journal of Pragmatics}. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2020, vol.~158, March 2020, p.~66-79. ISSN~0378-2166. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2020.01.003.
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