This article seeks to analyse elements of language and discourse with regard to the use of the words “poor” and “poverty” in the web pages of charities and benevolent organisations in 3 European countries, France, Ireland and Italy. The corpus is composed of texts taken from the opening web pages of 30 organisations actively involved in combating poverty in the three countries concerned. We chose mission statements of charities and benevolent organisations from each country, (France Ireland, Italy) working on a contrastive analysis of the website content, with reference to outside historical, linguistic, social and economic data. By examining the use of the terms “poor” and “poverty” in the three languages (English, French, Italian), we offer an approach that is not only one of linguistic/discourse analysis but also seeks to illustrate what indicators may emerge from the discourse surrounding these two words that could lead to an understanding of the different cultures, values and attitudes of their users in relation to the fight against poverty and exclusion.

(2019). La notion de pauvreté dans le discours des acteurs associatifs de trois pays européens : France, Irlande, Italie [journal article - articolo]. In MEDIAZIONI. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/144182

La notion de pauvreté dans le discours des acteurs associatifs de trois pays européens : France, Irlande, Italie

Desoutter, Cecile Marie
2019-01-01

Abstract

This article seeks to analyse elements of language and discourse with regard to the use of the words “poor” and “poverty” in the web pages of charities and benevolent organisations in 3 European countries, France, Ireland and Italy. The corpus is composed of texts taken from the opening web pages of 30 organisations actively involved in combating poverty in the three countries concerned. We chose mission statements of charities and benevolent organisations from each country, (France Ireland, Italy) working on a contrastive analysis of the website content, with reference to outside historical, linguistic, social and economic data. By examining the use of the terms “poor” and “poverty” in the three languages (English, French, Italian), we offer an approach that is not only one of linguistic/discourse analysis but also seeks to illustrate what indicators may emerge from the discourse surrounding these two words that could lead to an understanding of the different cultures, values and attitudes of their users in relation to the fight against poverty and exclusion.
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2019
L’article interroge la notion de pauvreté à partir de l’usage des mots « pauvre » et « pauvreté » dans les sites web d’acteurs associatifs de trois pays européens : France, Irlande et Italie. Le corpus rassemble des textes issus des pages d’accueil et des rubriques de présentation de 30 associations des trois pays concernés, actives dans le domaine de la lutte contre la pauvreté. Il donne lieu à la fois à une analyse par entrée lexicale, mettant en relation les pôles « langue » et « discours », et à une approche interprétative visant à faire émerger des indicateurs susceptibles de révéler, selon les associations et les contextes étudiés, des différences de cultures, de valeurs ou d’attitudes. L’étude fait ainsi apparaître diverses représentations liées aux mots « pauvres » et « pauvreté », des valeurs et des univers de sens dont certains sont partagés et d’autres propres aux langues/pays ou au type d’associations.
Desoutter, Cecile Marie
(2019). La notion de pauvreté dans le discours des acteurs associatifs de trois pays européens : France, Irlande, Italie [journal article - articolo]. In MEDIAZIONI. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/144182
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