_The Evening Post_, 4 November 1924:
SWAMPED WITH “HANSARD” PROOFS
Revision of the “Hansard” reports of their #speeches before the “copy” goes to the printing office adds considerably to the work of members of Parliament, esepcially [sic] when they speak frequently.
In the Legislative Council last night Sir Francis #Bell asked to be excused from explaining certain Bills on the second reading, offering to do on the short titles in the Committee stage. In explanation of his request he remarked that his “‘Hansard’ was getting out of control.”
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241104.2.69
Fascinating biography in DNZB https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2b16/bell-francis-henry-dillon

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Parliament #ParliamentaryDebates #LegislativeCouncil #NewZealand

Good morning Mastodon! It’s time for a re #Introduction as a #Newbie, this time with a focus on my book, “The Politics of Person Reference”! 📕

In my #PhD in #Linguistics, I worked on #ParliamentaryDebates in #France, #Germany, and the #UK, and showed how & why #Politicians use third-person forms to target their opponents. For instance, they would say “Those who don’t believe me…” or “One can see it that way…” without addressing (“you”) or naming the concrete Member of Parliament it’s aimed at.

Hello everyone! This week is for #Introductions as many of us are #NewHere! One of my areas is research has been #Populism from a discourse-analytic and linguistic perspective.

Here are my two main publications on #Populism in #OpenAccess, in which I argue that talking to the #People is in fact a common feature of #ParliamentaryDebates in France, Germany, and the UK!

1️⃣ https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02376375/document
2️⃣ https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02376399/document