CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF DISCOURSE FEATURES OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVES IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
<p>The aim of the paper was to conduct Critical Discourse Analysis of political discourse of three<br />High Representatives stationed in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the period 2006 – 2010. In order to<br />carry out the envisaged analysis, the key tool for language description was Systemic Functional<br />Grammar. The theory elaborates significance of language in everyday life and its role in the<br />construction of meanings. The analytical framework for CDA consisted of three stages: description,<br />interpretation and explanation. The paper shows that CDA approach to language analysis and SFG<br />descriptive language tools provide a valuable platform for investigations of language in context. The<br />findings highlight different communicative models which emerge as a result of lexico-grammatical<br />choices that political actors make in specific contexts and under specific circumstances.</p>