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2021 - Volume 4 - Number 2

Ideologies and Censorship in the Discourse of Two Opinion Columns: A Critical Discourse Analysis

Jhon Alejandro Marín González * alejandro.marin.gonzalez@gmail.com * ORCID: 0000-0001-8162-2642
University of Guanajuato, Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, MEXICO

Open Journal for Studies in Linguistics, 2021, 4(2), 61-74 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojsl.0402.03061g
Received: 11 June 2021 ▪ Accepted: 1 October 2021 ▪ Published Online: 13 November 2021

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
This article examines two opinion columns titled “Dilema Ético” (Ethical Dilemma) and “A Margarita” (To Margarita) from a Critical Discourse Analysis perspective. The relevance of the analysis of these columns is that they were written within a context of social crisis in Colombia where the political polarization has increased over the last years. The study intends to identify and analyze expressions used in the discourse of two columnists that represent opposite political ideologies and how this can enact constraints of freedom of speech. The analysis is conducted through Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). The findings show that the columnist identified with right-wing ideologies imposed herself on the columnist aligned with left-wing ideologies, thus restrict her freedom of speech.

KEY WORDS: critical discourse analysis, ideology, political spectrum, opinion column, freedom of speech.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Jhon Alejandro Marín-González, University of Guanajuato, Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, Guanajuato, MEXICO. E-mail: alejandro.marin.gonzalez@gmail.com.

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