Was ist ein Unwort? Der demokratische Diskurs und die Sprachkritik

In the organizer's words:

Words and languages in general are created through use and in an active discourse community. This is especially true for political language.

Disputes about words are the norm in democracy: emotional and moral debates about the right terms, interpretations of word meanings, criticism of the language of opponents.

However, we should pay attention when political positions are discredited across the board or entire groups are excluded from the discourse. This lecture is about the language-critical campaign 'Word of the Year' and the question of what damages democratic discourse.

Speaker: Dr. Kristin Kuck, linguist at the University of Magdeburg and member of the "Unword of the Year" jury

Political breakfast organized by Attac Düsseldorf at zakk, Free admission.