Saying 'No' to Immigration Quota: An Analysis of Evaluative Language in Hungarian and Romanian Political Discourse
One of the most controversial issues during the 2015 migrant crisis and the subsequent process of reformulating immigration policies by the European Union was that of the mandatory resettlement quota. Hungary and Romania formulated very different positions related to migration, but both were cri...
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| description | One of the most controversial issues during the 2015 migrant crisis
and the subsequent process of reformulating immigration policies by the
European Union was that of the mandatory resettlement quota. Hungary and
Romania formulated very different positions related to migration, but both
were critical regarding the mandatory quota. This study analyses parts of
declarations and speeches of two heads of state, Viktor Orbán for Hungary
and Klaus Iohannis for Romania, concerning the quota issue, by employing
the framework of evaluative language, which focuses on the dialogic,
interpersonal aspects of utterances. Beyond the fact of rejecting the quota,
Martin and White’s (2005) taxonomy brings to the forefront the linguistic
means through which the two speakers evaluate the subject (a problem of
logistics that needs a pragmatic approach or a matter of cultural and national
identity) and establish (dis)alignment as representatives of their countries
(“official voices” of Hungary and Romania) with regard to the EU position. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-64adf57bd7ca4461a7e44cba2372ea5d2025-08-20T02:57:48ZdeuScientia Publishing HouseActa Universitatis Sapientiae: Philologica2067-51512068-29562021-12-0113216117610.2478/ausp-2021-0019Saying 'No' to Immigration Quota: An Analysis of Evaluative Language in Hungarian and Romanian Political DiscourseKinga Kolumbán0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1373-6036Transilvania University of BraşovOne of the most controversial issues during the 2015 migrant crisis and the subsequent process of reformulating immigration policies by the European Union was that of the mandatory resettlement quota. Hungary and Romania formulated very different positions related to migration, but both were critical regarding the mandatory quota. This study analyses parts of declarations and speeches of two heads of state, Viktor Orbán for Hungary and Klaus Iohannis for Romania, concerning the quota issue, by employing the framework of evaluative language, which focuses on the dialogic, interpersonal aspects of utterances. Beyond the fact of rejecting the quota, Martin and White’s (2005) taxonomy brings to the forefront the linguistic means through which the two speakers evaluate the subject (a problem of logistics that needs a pragmatic approach or a matter of cultural and national identity) and establish (dis)alignment as representatives of their countries (“official voices” of Hungary and Romania) with regard to the EU position.https://acta.sapientia.ro/content/docs/saying-no-to-immigration-quota-an-analys.pdfevaluative languagevalue positionalignmenteuropean migrant crisisresettlement quota |
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| title | Saying 'No' to Immigration Quota: An Analysis of Evaluative Language in Hungarian and Romanian Political Discourse |
| title_full | Saying 'No' to Immigration Quota: An Analysis of Evaluative Language in Hungarian and Romanian Political Discourse |
| title_fullStr | Saying 'No' to Immigration Quota: An Analysis of Evaluative Language in Hungarian and Romanian Political Discourse |
| title_full_unstemmed | Saying 'No' to Immigration Quota: An Analysis of Evaluative Language in Hungarian and Romanian Political Discourse |
| title_short | Saying 'No' to Immigration Quota: An Analysis of Evaluative Language in Hungarian and Romanian Political Discourse |
| title_sort | saying no to immigration quota an analysis of evaluative language in hungarian and romanian political discourse |
| topic | evaluative language value position alignment european migrant crisis resettlement quota |
| url | https://acta.sapientia.ro/content/docs/saying-no-to-immigration-quota-an-analys.pdf |
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