The linguistic construction of the giftedness discourse in the media texts of historical and digital times

Abstract

Abstract. The aim of the study is to describe and explicate, using critical text analysis, how the socially weighty discourse of giftedness has been constructed historically and how it manifests in the media texts of the digital era. The diachronic analysis is based on the media texts of the 1890s-1990s stored in the Corpus of Standard Estonian, while the synchronic analysis applies to texts found in Delfi.ee. The results highlight the main media discourses dealing with giftedness, the relevant terms and expressions, and the social relations and meanings brought up in the media in connection with the topic. The study reveals that through history, the giftedness discourse has been subject to changes and, constructed with specific linguistic means, it plays an important role in modern social arrangements.

Andekuse kollokatsioonid keelekorpustes ning laste ja lastevanemate andekustõlgitsused

“…Ilmnes, et asjakohase meediadiskursuse konstrueerimisel on andekaid läbi ajaloo kasutatud võimu instrumendina (Põlda 2015) ja et ajal, mil muutunud õpikäsitus seab hariduse keskmesse indiviidi tema annetega, on oluline koostöö lapse, kooli ja lapsevanema vahel (Põlda, Aava 2016a, 2016b.…”

“…Lapsevanemate arvates kasutab seda sõna pigem ajakirjandus (LV2: Meedia sõna "talent" või "supertalent" püüab tähelepanu), sama kinnitab andekuse meediadiskursuse uuring (Põlda 2015).…”

Construction of the meaning of giftedness as a special educational need in the context of the changed learning approach in Estonia

“…Enim ongi sellega seotud just haridusvaldkonna inimesed -hariduse sidusrühmad, kellel lasub ametialane vastu tus ja kes on seega haridusdiskursuse kujundajad. Eestis tehtud uuringutes on ana lüüsitud, kuidas konstrueeritakse hariduslikke erivajadusi (nt Terasmees, 2015) ja andekust (nt Põlda, 2014Põlda, , 2015 meedias. Andekust on käsit letud pea miselt siiski eraldiseisva fenomenina ja uuritud subjekti tasandilt (Sepp, 2010;Unt, 2005…”

“…Kordagi ei esinenud intervjuudes keelendit talent. Ühelt poolt viitab see intervjuu küsimuste leksikavaliku peegelda misele, teiselt poolt aga termini puudumisele eesti haridusretoorikas -sõna talent on küll kasutusel meedia andekusdiskursuses, kuid rõhutab ka seal eelkõige reklaami ja konkurentsi (Põlda, 2015).…”

Personal linguistic parametrization of text generation of the internet comments

“…Scientists expanding the boundaries of the study of the linguistic persona concept began to study it in another light due to the emergence of new varieties of texts and genres where the relationship between the language and the man is investigated in a different perspective of the linguistic research. Development of information technologies (Crystal, 2001;Derakhshan, Hasanabbasi, 2015;Põlda, 2015;Mukwambo, 2016;Rai, 2017) has in particular contributed to the emergence of the Internet genres (Bets, 2012;Savelyeva, 2013;Yergaliyeva, Yergaliyev, 2017), an Internet comment being among them, which has drawn linguists' attention over the recent years. According to Atef Odeh Abu Sa'aleek (2015), the Internet and the computer technologies have given rise to a new language undergoing a significant change in the written structure of the language -an electronic discourse.…”