This paper serves as an exploratory study into the causes and effects of rudeness in and on parliamentary discourse. The literature shows that populist speakers use distinct linguistic tactics, and...Show moreThis paper serves as an exploratory study into the causes and effects of rudeness in and on parliamentary discourse. The literature shows that populist speakers use distinct linguistic tactics, and that affective language, such as rudeness, can have polarising effects on speakers and audiences. This research hypothesises that populist speakers are primarily responsible for the increase of rudeness in parliamentary discourse, and that this has a negative effect on the compromising force of debate. This research was conducted by analysing three debates and identifying individual instances of rudeness. These instances were then tagged with their corresponding characteristics in statistical software. The data shows that rudeness is increasingly used in the Dutch Parliament, that it has a polarising effect, and that populist speakers are the most frequent producers of rudeness. The implications of this are that rudeness is a linguistic phenomenon that runs counter to well-functioning democratic debate with a goal of compromise.Show less
The debate around what exactly Anime, or Japanese Animation, exactly is is still very unclear. Anime does not have clear boundaries or characteristics. This thesis takes Avatar: The Last Airbender...Show moreThe debate around what exactly Anime, or Japanese Animation, exactly is is still very unclear. Anime does not have clear boundaries or characteristics. This thesis takes Avatar: The Last Airbender as a caste study to find out what exactly makes an animation an anime and challenges the contemporary criteria of anime and it's arbitrariness. It looks at what exactly anime-esque acts and characteristics are and compares these to the standards of cartoons, once again proving the inabilty of anime to be defined.Show less
This thesis seeks to answer the question "In what way did the pamphleteers of Great Britain identify the colonists living in America during the American Revolution and Revolutionary War (1764-1783)...Show moreThis thesis seeks to answer the question "In what way did the pamphleteers of Great Britain identify the colonists living in America during the American Revolution and Revolutionary War (1764-1783)? To find an answer to this question, twenty pamphlets (each for every year the Revolution and War took place) have been researched. The question of whether or not nationalism was at play during this time has also been a guideline while writing, and researching for, this thesis.Show less
