Open AccessPolitical positioning and discursive articulation: the case of the European discourse of the Portuguese Communist Party
Author(s) -
Luísa Godinho
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sociologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.248
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2182-7907
pISSN - 0873-6529
DOI - 10.7458/spp2017845033
Subject(s) - articulation (sociology) , portuguese , context (archaeology) , politics , communism , political science , political economy , sociology , linguistics , law , history , philosophy , archaeology
The article consists on a diachronic computational analysis of the European discourse of the Portuguese Communist Party. It demonstrates how the process of discoursive articulation has allowed the party to define its political positioning throughout time, particularly in the competitive context initiated in Portugal after the 1974 revolution.