The Manaus Free Trade Area （ZFM） will end in 2023, but there is a proposal to amend the Brazilian Federal Constitution so that it lasts until 2073. From the understanding of discourse as a social practice, this pape...The Manaus Free Trade Area （ZFM） will end in 2023, but there is a proposal to amend the Brazilian Federal Constitution so that it lasts until 2073. From the understanding of discourse as a social practice, this paper is based on the analysis of 265 parliamentary pronouncements, 19 numbers of an institutional magazine, and 626 news texts from the most important local newspaper, all published between 2007 and 2010. It reveals a shift in the discourse about the ZFM, guided by ecological modernization. The industries are now presented as responsible for preserving the rainforest： it is said that if the tax incentives stop, there will be unemployment and deforestation. This tragic story line does not recognize the role of traditional peoples and communities in forest conservation and neither is open to the public debate about other models of development for the Amazon.展开更多
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam(GERD),established on the Blue Nile,is the largest contemporary hydroelectric power project in Africa.It caused a geopolitical tension between the downstream countries(Egypt and Suda...The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam(GERD),established on the Blue Nile,is the largest contemporary hydroelectric power project in Africa.It caused a geopolitical tension between the downstream countries(Egypt and Sudan)and Ethiopia;thus,the various narratives accounting for this environmental issue are worth exploration to promote the understanding of the link between language and the environment.Ecolinguistics is theoretical framework,which addresses pressing ecological issues to promote humans’understanding of the link between languages and the environment.Thus,the present study investigates the Facebook posts of the official accounts of the Ethiopian Prime Minister,the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,and the Egyptian Cabinet to identify the different framings of the GERD.It reveals the interplay between the different modes of communication through an eclectic framework,which integrates the visual analytical model(Kress&van Leeuwen)to Stibbe’s(2015.Ecolinguistics:Language,ecology and the stories we live by.London&New York:Routledge)ecolinguistic framework.The study concludes that the different framings over the GERD reflect different perceptions on environ-mental discourse,which promote constructive discourse on the management of water resources.展开更多
文摘The Manaus Free Trade Area （ZFM） will end in 2023, but there is a proposal to amend the Brazilian Federal Constitution so that it lasts until 2073. From the understanding of discourse as a social practice, this paper is based on the analysis of 265 parliamentary pronouncements, 19 numbers of an institutional magazine, and 626 news texts from the most important local newspaper, all published between 2007 and 2010. It reveals a shift in the discourse about the ZFM, guided by ecological modernization. The industries are now presented as responsible for preserving the rainforest： it is said that if the tax incentives stop, there will be unemployment and deforestation. This tragic story line does not recognize the role of traditional peoples and communities in forest conservation and neither is open to the public debate about other models of development for the Amazon.
文摘The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam(GERD),established on the Blue Nile,is the largest contemporary hydroelectric power project in Africa.It caused a geopolitical tension between the downstream countries(Egypt and Sudan)and Ethiopia;thus,the various narratives accounting for this environmental issue are worth exploration to promote the understanding of the link between language and the environment.Ecolinguistics is theoretical framework,which addresses pressing ecological issues to promote humans’understanding of the link between languages and the environment.Thus,the present study investigates the Facebook posts of the official accounts of the Ethiopian Prime Minister,the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,and the Egyptian Cabinet to identify the different framings of the GERD.It reveals the interplay between the different modes of communication through an eclectic framework,which integrates the visual analytical model(Kress&van Leeuwen)to Stibbe’s(2015.Ecolinguistics:Language,ecology and the stories we live by.London&New York:Routledge)ecolinguistic framework.The study concludes that the different framings over the GERD reflect different perceptions on environ-mental discourse,which promote constructive discourse on the management of water resources.
