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THE IMPACT OF BREXIT ON NORTHERN IRELAND A FRAMING ANALYSIS OF SPEECHES AND STATEMENTS BY NORTHERN IRISH POLITICIANS Aantal woorden: 17 544 Zarah Bellefroid Studentennummer: 01302366 Promotor(en): Dhr. David Chan Masterproef voorgelegd voor het behalen van de graad master in de Meertalige Communicatie: Nederlands, Engels, Frans Academiejaar: 2017 – 2018 THE IMPACT OF BREXIT ON NORTHERN IRELAND A FRAMING ANALYSIS OF SPEECHES AND STATEMENTS BY NORTHERN IRISH POLITICIANS Aantal woorden: 17 544 Zarah Bellefroid Studentennummer: 01302366 Promotor(en): Dhr. David Chan Masterproef voorgelegd voor het behalen van de graad master in de Meertalige Communicatie: Nederlands, Engels, Frans Academiejaar: 2017 – 2018 1 Verklaring i.v.m. auteursrecht De auteur en de promotor(en) geven de toelating deze studie als geheel voor consultatie beschikbaar te stellen voor persoonlijk gebruik. Elk ander gebruik valt onder de beperkingen van het auteursrecht, in het bijzonder met betrekking tot de verplichting de bron uitdrukkelijk te vermelden bij het aanhalen van gegevens uit deze studie. 2 Acknowledgements This master’s thesis marks the culmination of my academic journey at the University of Ghent, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication. I would like to express my deepest appreciation to the people who have helped me create this dissertation. Firstly, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my promotor Mr. Chan. His excellent guidance and encouragement throughout this writing process were of inestimable value. I am thankful for his useful feedback which gave me new insights and enabled me to look at my thesis from a different perspective. Moreover, Mr. Chan taught me the importance of being critical of your own work. On a more personal note, I am grateful for my parents’ unconditional support and unremitting encouragement throughout the past five years at university. They continued to believe in me at times when I had lost faith in myself. Lastly, I would like to thank my brother Tom for proofreading parts of this master’s thesis. As an older brother, he also set me the example of what it takes to successfully obtain a master’s degree. 3 Table of contents List of figures ...................................................................................................................................................5 Abstract ...........................................................................................................................................................6 (249 words) ......................................................................................................................................................6 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................7 1. The history of Northern Ireland: a troubled past ................................................................................. 11 1.1 Ireland before 1916 ......................................................................................................................... 11 1.1.1. Henry VIII and the English Reformation ................................................................................... 11 1.1.2 The Act of Union 1800 .............................................................................................................. 11 1.1.3 The Great Famine 1845 ............................................................................................................ 12 1.1.4 Home-Rule Bill ......................................................................................................................... 12 1.1.5 The Ulster Volunteer Force and the Irish Volunteers ................................................................. 13 1.2 Easter Rising 1916 .......................................................................................................................... 13 1.3 Anglo-Irish Treaty leads to Irish Free State in 1922 ........................................................................ 14 1.3.1 Anglo-Irish War........................................................................................................................ 14 1.3.2 The Irish Civil War ................................................................................................................... 15 1.4 The Troubles ................................................................................................................................... 16 1.4.1 The conflict .............................................................................................................................. 16 1.4.2 Bloody Sunday .......................................................................................................................... 17 1.4.3 Hunger Strike ........................................................................................................................... 17 1.5 The Irish peace process ................................................................................................................... 18 1.5.1 The Anglo-Irish Agreement ....................................................................................................... 18 1.5.2 Rapprochement between political parties .................................................................................. 18 1.5.3 Downing Street Declaration...................................................................................................... 19 1.5.4 Sinn Féin: a new interlocutor in the negotiations....................................................................... 19 1.5.5 The Good Friday Agreement ..................................................................................................... 19 1.5.6 Difficulties surrounding The Good Friday Agreement ............................................................... 20 2. Brexit...................................................................................................................................................... 21 2.1 The UK and the European Union: a complicated relationship .............................................................. 21 2.2 Brexit negotiations ................................................................................................................................ 23 2.3 The impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland ............................................................................................ 24 2.3.1 The Irish border issue...................................................................................................................... 24 3. Methodology .......................................................................................................................................... 26 3.1 Corpus ............................................................................................................................................. 26 3.2 Methodology .................................................................................................................................... 29 3.2.1 Theoretical background ............................................................................................................ 29 3.2.2 Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 30 4. Results .................................................................................................................................................... 36 Frame 1: Majority of Northern Ireland voted to remain ............................................................................ 39 Frame 2.1: unity within Northern Ireland ................................................................................................. 40 4 Frame 2.2: unity between UK and Northern Ireland ................................................................................. 41 Frame 2.3: unity between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland ................................................... 42 Frame 2.4: unity between the UK and the European Union ...................................................................... 42 Frame 2.5: unity between the UK and the Republic of Ireland .................................................................. 42 Frame 3: The Good Friday Agreement is in danger .................................................................................. 43 Frame 4.1: acceptable/preferable hard border ......................................................................................... 43 Frame 4.2: acceptable/preferable soft border ........................................................................................... 44 Frame 5: acceptable/preferable special status for Northern Ireland ......................................................... 44 5. Discussion ............................................................................................................................................... 46 Frame 1: majority of Northern Ireland voted to remain ............................................................................ 46 Frame 2.1: unity within Northern Ireland ................................................................................................. 49 Frame 2.2: unity between the UK and Northern Ireland ........................................................................... 49 Frame 2.3: unity between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland ..................................................