Table 5 Predications of CMD's othering.
From: Comparing discursive reproductions of national military image between China and the United States
Identified predications | Linguistic realisations | Examples of realisations |
|---|---|---|
Some countries are to blame for disrupting world peace. | verbs or nouns denoting reinforcing military alliances and deploying nuclear weapons | The U.S. is strengthening its Asia-Pacific military alliances and reinforcing military deployment and intervention; they (the U.S. and Japan) will touch off a regional arms race and jeopardise security and stability in the Asia-Pacific region |
Some countries and regions are still unstable due to their advocacy for wrong military policies. | nouns naming wrong ideologies and conflicts | hegemonism; power politics; unilateralism and constant regional conflicts and wars; unilateral policies |
The U.S. is to blame for provoking military tensions in regions and major powers. | lexis and phrases denoting the U.S.’s actions of undermining world peace | pushed for additional capacity in nuclear; NATO has continued its enlargement, stepped up military deployment in Central and Eastern Europe; undermined global strategic stability |
Countries advocating multilateralism, nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, and respect a nation’s sovereignty are friends. | nouns, verbs or phrases denoting cooperation | signed treatment; military exchanges; cooperation within the framework |
The UN is playing an active role in maintaining world peace. | names of laws and regulations issued by the UN; verbs denoting the UN’s actions of maintaining the balance of the world | UN Charter; peacekeeping; call for; stabilisation |
