On Underlying Conceptsand Research Methods of Confrontation Discourse
Complicated contradictions and conflicts in international geopolitical field have projected into international discourse exchanges,giving rise to a novel frequently occurring mode of discourse—confrontation discourse.This article sets out to systematically review the concepts of"contradiction"in philosophy before exploring defining features of confrontation discourse and its empirical research methods.The analysis indicates that Mao Zedong's view on antagonistic contradiction serves as the most important and direct conceptual basis for confrontation discourse at present,while Wittgenstein's language game theory can provide analytical instruments for confrontation discourse studies.The article then discusses the significant characteristics of confrontation discourse on the dimensions of discourse rationale,target audience,discourse mode,discourse strategy and evaluative criteria,in an attempt to spell out the features of attack-and-defence,gaming and battling of each side of the confrontation.Methodologically,the article proposes an approach combining corpus-based method and AI technology,underscoring the importance of synergy of total data accountability and meaning construal in local contexts.
contradictionconfrontation discourselanguage game theorydiscourse modetotal data accountabilitylocal context
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