War of words


War of words is a scholarly work, published in 2016 in ''South East Asia Research''. The main subjects of the publication include sociology, politics, presupposition, meaning, ambiguity, logical contradiction, intertextuality, epistemology, critical discourse analysis, democracy, translanguaging, linguistics, grassroots movement, politics of Thailand, and conversation analysis. The article is based on a linguistic approach to discourse analysis and builds on Fairclough’s (2003) arguments concerning the ways in which speakers use intertextuality and assumption to construct social and political difference and consensus.