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Vikten ligger i det som lämnas osagt: En kritisk diskursanalys av entymem i partiledardebatten i SVT:s Agenda
Jönköping University, School of Education and Communication, HLK, Media and Communication Studies.
Jönköping University, School of Education and Communication, HLK, Media and Communication Studies.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
The importance of what is being left unsaid : A critical discourse analysis of enthymemes in a political debate betweenparty leaders in SVT:s Agenda (English)
Abstract [en]

The study aims to increase the understanding of how the rhetorical device enthymeme is used in a Swedish party leader debate on the show Agenda on SVT. The study also chooses a more complex and problematized description of enthymemes where they are seen as more than rhetorical syllogisms, and which suggests they can act as methods for analyzing discursive practices. With that, the method Critical Discourse Analysis was chosen to analyze how enthymemes work and are constructed in the text, how they can create discourses, and how these discourses have a relation to or affect society at large.A scheme for analysis was created and based on Walkers (1994) description of the enthymeme, and includes an analysis on a textual level of argumentative structure (including implicit or explicit premises and conclusions), modality and tonality, lexical choices, interactional control, kairos, aptum, doxa, and stylistic devices. In total, 21 enthymemes were found in the debate, and 10 of them were chosen as particularly interesting for further analysis. The analysis shows that all party leaders use enthymemes in the debate, as well as the importance of the implicit information and knowledge used. The analysis also shows that the description of enthymemes as more complex than a rhetorical syllogism is correct, and that Critical Discourse Analysis can reveal more about the workings of enthymemes as the method analyzes on several levels with great care for context.

Abstract [sv]

Studien avser att öka förståelsen för hur det retoriska verktyget entymem används i en partiledardebatt i SVT:s Agenda. Studien väljer även att utgå från en mer komplex och problematiserad beskrivning av entymem, där man vidgar uppfattningen av entymem som retorisk syllogism och föreslår att istället se det som en metod för att analysera diskursiv praktik. Därmed väljs metoden kritisk diskursanalys för att analysera hur entymem fungerar och konstrueras i text, hur de kan skapa diskurser, och hur dessa diskurser har en relation till eller påverkar samhället i stort.Ett analysschema utformades utefter Walkers (1994) beskrivning av entymem och inkluderar en analys på textnivå av den argumentativa strukturen (inklusive implicita eller explicita premisser och slutsatser), modalitet och tonalitet, ordval, interaktionell kontroll, kairos, aptum, doxa, och stilistiska verktyg. Totalt fanns 21 entymem i debatten, varav 10 valdes ut som särskilt intressanta och analyserades vidare enligt den beskrivna metoden. Analysen visar bland annat att samtliga partiledare använder entymem i debatten, och vikten av den implicita information och kunskap som används. Analysen fann även att bilden av entymem som mer komplext stämmer, och att en kritisk diskursanalys kan avslöja mer om hur entymem fungerar eftersom man undersöker verktyget på flera nivåer och med stor omtanke för kontext.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 60
Keywords [sv]
Entymem, retorik, svensk politik, politisk kommunikation, debatt, kritisk diskursanalys
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Media and Communications
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-55682ISRN: JU-HLK-MKA-1-20220422OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-55682DiVA, id: diva2:1631661
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HLK, Media and Communication Studies
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2022-01-21, 19:45 (Swedish)
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Available from: 2022-02-16 Created: 2022-01-24 Last updated: 2025-10-13Bibliographically approved

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