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Denise Milizia English Language and Translation (L-LIN/12) Ateneo denise.milizia@uniba.it www.denisemilizia.com Department of Political Science Piazza Cesare Battisti Department of Political Science Corso Italia 23 4th floor Room 28 Tel. +39.080.5717849 International and European Studies Private and Public Administration Science of Social Service International and European Studies Private and Public Administration SPRISE 2nd year 8 CFU SAPP 64 hours Science of Social Service 2nd year SSS 7 CFU 56 hours Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Attendance Attendance Highly recommended exam 1. written test exam 1st esonero 1. written test 2nd esonero 3rd esonero exam 1st esonero 1. written test 2nd esonero 3rd esonero 2. oral test What do we do? How do we do it? We study the language of politics through the language of politicians. POLITICAL CORPUS Examples taken from real life language use! What is a CORPUS ? POLITICAL CORPUS A CORPUS is a collection of texts that we can process automatically. What is a CORPUS ? POLITICAL CORPUS WRITTEN SPOKEN What is a CORPUS ? POLITICAL CORPUS WRITTEN COMPARABLE SPOKEN PARALLEL WRITTEN SPOKEN Euroscepticism and its roots The open sea Why British opposition to the EU goes deep Oct 17th, 2015 BRITISH EUROSCEPTICS tend to see the late Lady Thatcher as their inspiration. But it was an earlier Tory prime minister who first suggested that Britain would stand aside from post-war moves towards European integration. His stance helps explain why the country remains ambivalent today. In Zurich in September 1946, Winston Churchill called not just for reconciliation between France and Germany but also for a “kind of United States of Europe”. But he made clear that this would not include Britain: as he once told Charles de Gaulle, if forced to choose between the continent and the open sea, Britain would always go for the second. Yet historically it seems strange that Britain should want to stand apart from the rest of Europe. It is not just that the British repeatedly fought wars to stop French (and later German) domination of the continent. In the 18th century the Hanoverian kings added an even more direct connection through marriage. And the story of Britain throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, including its acquisition of an overseas empire, grew out of its rivalry with other European powers. Going further back, Robert Tombs points out in his book, “The English and their History”, that after the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the Norman conquest England had a direct link to the western part of the continent for over 400 years, longer than it has been joined with Scotland. WRITTEN SPOKEN All the speeches delivered by: George W. Bush (2001-2009) Barack H. Obama (2009-2017) Donald Trump (2017-today) All the speeches delivered by: Tony Blair (1997-2007) Gordon Brown (2007-2010) David Cameron & Nick Clegg (2010-2015) David Cameron (2015-2016) Theresa May (2016-today) All the speeches delivered by: George W. Bush (2001-2009) Barack H. Obama (2009-2017) Donald Trump (2017-today) All the speeches delivered by: Tony Blair (1997-2007) Gordon Brown (2007-2010) David Cameron & Nick Clegg (2010-2015) David Cameron (2015-2016) Theresa May (2016-today) All the speeches delivered by: George W. Bush (2001-2009) Barack H. Obama (2009-2017) Donald Trump (2017-today) SPOKEN All the speeches delivered by: Tony Blair (1997-2007) Gordoncorpus Brown (2007-2010) David Cameron & Nick Clegg (2010-2015) David Cameron (2015 - today) PM press conference with Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni 9 February 2017 Theresa May and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy gave statements at a joint press conference following their Downing Street meeting. PM press conference with Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni 9 February 2017 Theresa May and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy gave statements at a joint press conference following their Downing Street meeting. PM press conference with Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni 9 February 2017 Theresa May and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy gave statements at a joint press conference following their Downing Street meeting. Prime Minister It is a great pleasure to be able to welcome Prime Minister Gentiloni to Downing Street. Just as I chose to visit Italy shortly after coming into office, Prime Minister Gentiloni has made the UK one of his first trips – and I think that underlines the importance that we both place on the long-standing relationship between our 2 countries. As I have said before, Britain is leaving the European Union – but we are not leaving Europe – and a global Britain that stands tall in the world, will be a Britain that remains a good friend and ally to Italy and to all our European partners. So we have had important discussions today on the future of our bilateral relationship as the UK leaves the EU; and on a number of areas at the heart of Italy’s Presidency of the G7. And we have agreed to establish a regular bilateral summit between the UK and Italy. First, the UK remains committed to triggering Article 50 by the end of March and last night we moved a step closer with the successful passage of the Bill in the Commons. As I have said, the priority for the UK in the negotiations ahead will be to seek a new, comprehensive, bold and ambitious free trade agreement with the European Union today we talked about the importance we both place on our trade. PM press conference with Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni 9 February 2017 Theresa May and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy gave statements at a joint press conference following their Downing Street meeting. Prime Minister Theresa May It is a great pleasure to be able to welcome Prime Minister Gentiloni to Downing Street. Just as I chose to visit Italy shortly after coming into office, Prime Minister Gentiloni has made the UK one of his first trips – and I think that underlines the importance that we both place on the long-standing relationship between our 2 countries. As I have said before, Britain is leaving the European Union – but we are not leaving Europe – and a global Britain that stands tall in the world, will be a Britain that remains a good friend and ally to Italy and to all our European partners. So we have had important discussions today on the future of our bilateral relationship as the UK leaves the EU; and on a number of areas at the heart of Italy’s Presidency of the G7. And we have agreed to establish a regular bilateral summit between the UK and Italy. First, the UK remains committed to triggering Article 50 by the end of March and last night we moved a step closer with the successful passage of the Bill in the House of Commons. As I have said, the priority for the UK in the negotiations ahead will be to seek a new, comprehensive, bold and ambitious free trade agreement with the European Union. Today we talked about the importance we both place on our trade. PM press conference with Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni 9 February 2017 Theresa May and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy gave statements at a joint press conference following their Downing Street meeting. PM press conference with Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni 9 February 2017 Theresa May and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy gave statements at a joint press conference following their Downing Street meeting. Prime Minister Gentiloni Many thanks. I would like to thank Prime Minister May for her kind words and the welcome I had here today. I think our conversations have reiterated the friendship and the closeness that our 2 countries historically have, and it is important to reconfirm this at this point in time. I really appreciate the decision that we have taken in terms of bilateral meetings between our 2 governments in the near future. This will help us strengthen a very old relationship that always needs nourishment. We have obviously taken into account what is necessary after the decision of the UK citizens of leaving the EU, a decision that we respect fully, and we are aware of the fact that negotiations will not be easy. And we also know that we need to show a constructive and friendly approach. There is absolutely no point at having a destructive negotiation between the EU and the UK. So, obviously, we will do this in the hope of fostering the unity of the 27 countries, because, without the unity of the 27 countries it will be difficult to come to some agreement. We must ensure this unity will result in the best possible agreement with the UK. PM press conference with Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni 9 February 2017 Theresa May and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy gave statements at a joint press conference following their Downing Street meeting. 05.30 Prime Minister Gentiloni Many thanks. I would like to thank Prime Minister May for her kind words and the welcoming I had here today. I think our conversations have reiterated the friendship and the closeness that our 2 countries historically have, and it is however important to reconfirm this at this point in time. And therefore I really appreciate the decision that we have taken in terms of bilateral meetings between our 2 governments in the near future. This will help us strengthen a very old relationship that always needs nourishment. We have obviously taken into account what is necessary after the decision of the UK citizens of leaving the EU, a decision that we respect fully, and we are aware of the fact that negotiations will not be easy.