Publication: Uso de la familia léxica de sovereignty en los discursos de la Presidencia del Banco Central Europeo (2003-2016)
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Morales, Albert
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Murcia: Ateneo Cantonal de Estudos Políticos (ACEP)
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La crisis financiera resultado de la de las subprime norteamericana supone un revés para la
economía europea que aún afecta a numerosos países europeos. El Banco Central Europeo
(BCE), como institución clave de la política monetaria, es uno de los agentes principales que
configura el discurso neoliberal financiero europeo.
Un análisis lexicométrico previo de nuestro corpus, que incluye los discursos de los presidentes
del BCE (periodo 2003-2016), nos permitió identificar el término sovereignty como forma
específica de algunos años. Este trabajo se propone analizar de qué modo el BCE justifica la
cesión de la soberanía (financiera, nacional...) de los Estados a favor de la UE y de sus
instituciones, y a qué apela dicha institución cuando emplea un concepto clave del discurso
público por su alto valor simbólico: la soberanía. En resumen, de qué manera el BCE, “emperador
ilícito de Europa” (Bouchard 2013), marca sus pautas de dominación económica.
Así pues, en este artículo nos proponemos analizar cuantitativa (con el programa Lexico 3.6) y
cualitativamente las formas relativas a dicha familia (sovereignty, sovereignties, sovereign,
sovereigns) para ver su evolución a lo largo de los discursos de los presidentes de dicha
institución. Hemos tomado como punto de partida la práctica y teoría del análisis del discurso, y se
ha estudiado el contexto de los términos seleccionados.
The financial crisis stemming from the US subprime mortgage meltdown represented a setback for the European economy that still affects many European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB), a key monetary policy institution, is one of the major actors shaping European neoliberal financial discourse. An earlier lexicometric analysis of a corpus of speeches delivered by ECB presidents between 2003 and 2016 revealed a high specificity index for the term sovereignty in certain years. This article aims to analyze how the ECB justifies transferring, inter alia, financial and national sovereignty to the European Union and its institutions and what the ECB refers to when utilizing this highly symbolic concept from public discourse. Ultimately, this work aims to determine how the ECB, “Europe’s illicit emperor” (Bouchard 2013), frames its discourse of economic domination. Consequently, this article quantitatively (using Lexico 3.6) and qualitatively analyses the various forms in this lexical family (sovereignty, sovereignties, sovereign, sovereigns) to assess how they have evolved over time in the speeches given by ECB presidents. It adopts a methodology steeped in the theory and practice of discourse analysis, studying the contexts in which the selected terms appear in order to shed light on the implications of these changing backdrops.
The financial crisis stemming from the US subprime mortgage meltdown represented a setback for the European economy that still affects many European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB), a key monetary policy institution, is one of the major actors shaping European neoliberal financial discourse. An earlier lexicometric analysis of a corpus of speeches delivered by ECB presidents between 2003 and 2016 revealed a high specificity index for the term sovereignty in certain years. This article aims to analyze how the ECB justifies transferring, inter alia, financial and national sovereignty to the European Union and its institutions and what the ECB refers to when utilizing this highly symbolic concept from public discourse. Ultimately, this work aims to determine how the ECB, “Europe’s illicit emperor” (Bouchard 2013), frames its discourse of economic domination. Consequently, this article quantitatively (using Lexico 3.6) and qualitatively analyses the various forms in this lexical family (sovereignty, sovereignties, sovereign, sovereigns) to assess how they have evolved over time in the speeches given by ECB presidents. It adopts a methodology steeped in the theory and practice of discourse analysis, studying the contexts in which the selected terms appear in order to shed light on the implications of these changing backdrops.
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Pensamiento al margen, nº 6, 2017
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