20.500.12556/DKUM-96034 Capturing power in diplomatic language use the case of a closed-door mediatory negotiation and its aftermath during the breakup of the former Yugoslavia In this study we capture power dynamics in diplomacy from a pragmatic angle, by examining a closed-door diplomatic mediatory negotiation and its aftermath. We first analyse the transcript of a mediation session between representatives of Slovenia and Croatia and a European Economic Community (EEC) delegation during the breakup of Yugoslavia. While the EEC representatives officially acted as mediators, they had earlier secretly agreed with the Yugoslav side to keep Yugoslavia intact. Second, we examine the transcript of a meeting between Slovenian politicians shortly after the mediation session. Studying these two datasets helps us to capture how power manifests itself in the mediatory negotiation studied, and how it is judged by the powerless afterwards. Focusing on language behaviour in the two datasets provides insight into the presence of power in a diplomatic situation where it should in theory not be played out. We use speech acts to analyse our data. diplomatic mediation negotiation power speech acts Yugoslavia mediacija v diplomaciji pogajanja moč govorna dejanja Jugoslavija true false true John Benjamins Publishing Company Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-11-25 03:10:59 2026-02-05 13:08:04 2026-02-06 03:21:52 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 str. 713-740 št. 5 Letn. 24 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 2024-09-24 2024-12-05 808:930.2:341.76(497.1) 218537219 10.1075/jlp.24036.hou 1569-2159 RAZ_House_Juliane_2025.pdf RAZ_House_Juliane_2025.pdf 1 D3AA99ABF7C22B6975E53214ADFD88F3 a76fbef1b0bc1bc7b7eb1d9c60c80ae87c7d87887922137ad4bd14deeb45bd45 da54bd8d-028b-11f1-b31a-00155d00019a https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=203087 https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24036.hou 0 e31a9705-028b-11f1-b31a-00155d00019a https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=203088 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0