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SECTION VI: PUBLIC DISCOURSE The conclusion of this presentation will call on five of the six key questions set out above to examine key instances in which language serves purposes that go beyond the apparent. Let us assemble the questions first and then consider the passages to which they will be applied. Five Key Questions For Discourse Analysis of Language In Cultural Life A series of examples will be presented on the screen in their languages of origin using PowerPoint. The purpose is to examine language use in public discourse and consider its use according to the following questions. The language, its speaker, context and circumstances are not identified here. This will be part of the engagement with the audience. Embarking on the discourse analysis of the language used in public and cultural life, it is important to bear in mind the key questions that stand at the side of the list below that have already been addressed in the presentation so far and that can help us identify whether the words being used here work as signals or signifiers. Do they gain influence on their audience through simple or complex resonance? Here are the questions again from Table 4: 1) Who is speaking? 2) To whom are they speaking? 3) What are they speaking about? 4) What is the message? 5) What is not being said?
European Federation For Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Berlin Conference June 2015: Beyond Babel Keynote Presentation: Words Refashion Futures ‌ Like A Healer’s Hands John Schlapobersky, London