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Counter Speech : Une nouvelle stratégie politico-linguistique en Allemagne face à une crise globale

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International audience; This presentation presents preliminary findings of a second enlarged exploratory study embedded in a comprehensive research project in the field of sociolinguistics. Our theoretical approach is based on the resilience concept which we adapted to the field of sociolinguistic. This approach allows us to explore at the same time the co-evolution and co-adaption of interlocutors and language especially by facing a crisis. This analysis shows that especially in Germany the ongoing refugee crisis exacerbates heavily political tensions. The increasing use of « Counter speech » in order to respond to « Hate speech » leads to an « evolutionary and adaptive spiral » in Germany, whereas in France the use of « Counter speech » and individual sanctions seems to be more effective in order to refute the disastrous force of « Hate speech ».