Academic Journal
The Illusion of Objectivity: How Language Constructs Authority
| Τίτλος: | The Illusion of Objectivity: How Language Constructs Authority |
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| Συγγραφείς: | V. Startari, Agustin |
| Στοιχεία εκδότη: | Elsevier BV, 2025. |
| Έτος έκδοσης: | 2025 |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | Artificial intelligence, Artificial Intelligence/legislation & jurisprudence, Applied linguistics--Data processing, Controlling authority, Comparative linguistics--Statistical methods, Artificial Intelligence/standards, Linguistics/history, Cohesion (Linguistics), Indifferentism (Ethics) in literature, Critical Theory, Institutional discourse, Semiotics, grammatical agency, Business ethics--Study and teaching (Higher), Linguistics/standards, Grammar, Artificial Intelligence/ethics, Philosophy of language, Linguistics/methods, Linguistics/classification, Philosophy of Language, Discourse Studies, Semantics, objectivity, Justification (Ethics), Applied ethics, authority, Classification--Books--Linguistics, Political Discourse, Machine-to-machine communications, Media and Communication, Applied linguistics--Research, Artificial Intelligence/history, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Independent regulatory commissions--Finance, Comparative linguistics, Artificial Intelligence/trends, Applied ethics--Study and teaching, Authority, systemic functional linguistics, Linguistics/economics, deontic modality, Classifiers (Linguistics)--Data processing, Linguistics, Machine learning--Technique, Language and Power, Business ethics--Social aspects, Sociolinguistics, Objectivity, Applied linguistics--Statistical methods, Componential analysis (Linguistics), FOS: Languages and literature, Competence and performance (Linguistics) |
| Περιγραφή: | (EN):This chapter investigates the grammatical and pragmatic strategies by which institutional discourse creates an illusion of objectivity to legitimize authority. It explores how agentless passives, impersonal constructions, and modal expressions (e.g., “it must be done”) obscure authorship and intention, projecting necessity and neutrality. Far from being ideologically neutral, such linguistic forms restrict interpretive possibilities and reinforce epistemic closure. Drawing on systemic functional linguistics and pragmatic theory, the analysis is supported by examples from legal, academic, and religious discourse. The chapter contributes to a broader understanding of how language functions as a vehicle for institutional power and discursive control. Keywords (EN):Institutional discourse, grammatical agency, objectivity, epistemic closure, authority, systemic functional linguistics, deontic modality, legal language This chapter investigates the grammatical and pragmatic strategies by which institutional discourse creates an illusion of objectivity to legitimize authority. It explores how agentless passives, impersonal constructions, and modal expressions (e.g., “it must be done”) obscure authorship and intention, projecting necessity and neutrality. Far from being ideologically neutral, such linguistic forms restrict interpretive possibilities and reinforce epistemic closure. Drawing on systemic functional linguistics and pragmatic theory, the analysis is supported by examples from legal, academic, and religious discourse. The chapter contributes to a broader understanding of how language functions as a vehicle for institutional power and discursive control. This chapter is part of the forthcoming book Grammars of Power: How Syntactic Structures Shape Authority, and is published with the DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15395918 under a CC BY 4.0 license. |
| Τύπος εγγράφου: | Article Part of book or chapter of book |
| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.5258415 |
| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.15446511 |
| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.15395917 |
| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.15395918 |
| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.15446641 |
| DOI: | 10.17613/mv2m5-3xa42 |
| DOI: | 10.17613/08m8w-tea58 |
| Rights: | CC BY |
| Αριθμός Καταχώρησης: | edsair.doi.dedup.....186a4ee11c419d5ddc3a2ac5bddf05b7 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | OpenAIRE |
| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.5258415 |
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