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THE FIRST-PERSON GOVERNMENT
“I’d like to, but the Ministry wouldn’t”, was a heartfelt sigh from a former minister in the Norwegian Parliament. He could not get his Ministry to agree with him, and openly admitted as much. The anecdote is a tempting parallel when we analyze a new, political phenomenon of language: The tendency for Ministers to increasingly describe Government policy in first person.
“I’d like to, but the Ministry wouldn’t”, was a heartfelt sigh from a former minister in the Norwegian Parliament. He could not get his Ministry to agree with him, and openly admitted as much. The anecdote is a tempting parallel when we analyze a new, political phenomenon of language: The tendency for Ministers to increasingly describe Government policy in first person.
03.03.2010
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