The linguistic expression of power in political addresses of Polish prime ministers from 1945 to 2019 (quantitative analysis)
The current study presents a quantitative analysis of the political addresses of 29 Polish prime ministers in the light of the theory of the desire for power. The timeframe covers 74 years, between 1945 and 2019, including two important periods in Polish history: Soviet domination (1945-1989) and th...
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| description | The current study presents a quantitative analysis of the political addresses of 29 Polish prime ministers in the light of the theory of the desire for power. The timeframe covers 74 years, between 1945 and 2019, including two important periods in Polish history: Soviet domination (1945-1989) and the time since the fall of communism and the return of an independent Poland (1989-2019). An analysis of the vocabulary grid adopted in our preliminary and main study allowed the identification of different views of social relations and the social world. The concept of power provided a consistent explanation of the captured quantitative differences in the addresses: first, differences in language from the communist era and independent Poland after 1989; second, differences in language from the periods of breakthroughs in the country’s history (martial law, overthrow of communism, accession to NATO and the EU); third, in the addresses of the prime ministers representing different parties and political ideologies (Civic Platform and Law and Justice). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-92c124fd6a2649aa992ccdbc853e4b4b2025-02-02T15:49:16ZengSciendoPsychology of Language and Communication2083-85062024-01-0128155458510.58734/plc-2024-0020The linguistic expression of power in political addresses of Polish prime ministers from 1945 to 2019 (quantitative analysis)Citlak Amadeusz0Kozioł Pamela11Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland1Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, PolandThe current study presents a quantitative analysis of the political addresses of 29 Polish prime ministers in the light of the theory of the desire for power. The timeframe covers 74 years, between 1945 and 2019, including two important periods in Polish history: Soviet domination (1945-1989) and the time since the fall of communism and the return of an independent Poland (1989-2019). An analysis of the vocabulary grid adopted in our preliminary and main study allowed the identification of different views of social relations and the social world. The concept of power provided a consistent explanation of the captured quantitative differences in the addresses: first, differences in language from the communist era and independent Poland after 1989; second, differences in language from the periods of breakthroughs in the country’s history (martial law, overthrow of communism, accession to NATO and the EU); third, in the addresses of the prime ministers representing different parties and political ideologies (Civic Platform and Law and Justice).https://doi.org/10.58734/plc-2024-0020striving for the sense of powerdominancesocial and political powerkazimierz twardowski schoolwładysław witwickiquantitative discourse analysis |
| spellingShingle | Citlak Amadeusz Kozioł Pamela The linguistic expression of power in political addresses of Polish prime ministers from 1945 to 2019 (quantitative analysis) Psychology of Language and Communication striving for the sense of power dominance social and political power kazimierz twardowski school władysław witwicki quantitative discourse analysis |
| title | The linguistic expression of power in political addresses of Polish prime ministers from 1945 to 2019 (quantitative analysis) |
| title_full | The linguistic expression of power in political addresses of Polish prime ministers from 1945 to 2019 (quantitative analysis) |
| title_fullStr | The linguistic expression of power in political addresses of Polish prime ministers from 1945 to 2019 (quantitative analysis) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The linguistic expression of power in political addresses of Polish prime ministers from 1945 to 2019 (quantitative analysis) |
| title_short | The linguistic expression of power in political addresses of Polish prime ministers from 1945 to 2019 (quantitative analysis) |
| title_sort | linguistic expression of power in political addresses of polish prime ministers from 1945 to 2019 quantitative analysis |
| topic | striving for the sense of power dominance social and political power kazimierz twardowski school władysław witwicki quantitative discourse analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.58734/plc-2024-0020 |
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