41025907 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code DAPSAC 83 GE 15 9789027262257 06 10.1075/dapsac.83 13 2019981253 00 EA E133 10 01 JB code DAPSAC 02 JB code 1569-9463 02 83.00 01 02 Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 01 01 Imagining the Peoples of Europe Imagining the Peoples of Europe 1 B01 01 JB code 399356635 Jan Zienkowski Zienkowski, Jan Jan Zienkowski Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles 2 B01 01 JB code 362356636 Ruth Breeze Breeze, Ruth Ruth Breeze University of Navarra 01 eng 11 384 03 03 vi 03 00 378 03 24 JB code COMM.CGEN Communication Studies 24 JB code LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 10 LAN009030 12 CFG 01 06 02 00 This volume explores the new political order with a particular focus on discursive constructions of 'the people' and the category of populism across the spectrum. 03 00 The political landscape in Europe is currently going through a phase of rapid change. New actors and movements that claim to represent 'the will of the people' are attracting considerable public attention, with dramatic consequences for election outcomes. This volume explores the new political order with a particular focus on discursive constructions of 'the people' and the category of populism across the spectrum. It shows how a unitary representation of 'the people' is a central element in a vast range of very diverse political discourses today, acting to anchor identities and project antagonisms in a multitude of settings. The chapters in this book explore commonality and contrast in representations of ‘the people’ in both radical and mainstream political movements, looking in depth at recent political discourses in the European sphere. The authors draw on approaches ranging from Essex-style discourse theory over critical discourse studies, corpus analysis and linguistic pragmatics, to investigate how historically situated categories such as the people and populism become fixed through local linguistic, textual and narrative practices as well as through wider ideological and discursive patterns. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/dapsac.83.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027203489.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027203489.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/dapsac.83.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/dapsac.83.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/dapsac.83.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/dapsac.83.hb.png 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.01zie 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.01zie 1 18 18 Chapter 1 01 04 Introduction Introduction 01 04 Imagining populism and the peoples of Europe Imagining populism and the peoples of Europe 1 A01 01 JB code 980371003 Jan Zienkowski Zienkowski, Jan Jan Zienkowski 2 A01 01 JB code 357371004 Ruth Breeze Breeze, Ruth Ruth Breeze 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.02cle 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.02cle 19 42 24 Chapter 2 01 04 Chapter 1. The populist political logic and the analysis of the discursive construction of xthe people' and xthe elite' Chapter 1. The populist political logic and the analysis of the discursive construction of ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’ 1 A01 01 JB code 400371005 Benjamin De Cleen De Cleen, Benjamin Benjamin De Cleen 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.03deg 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.03deg 43 72 30 Chapter 3 01 04 Chapter 2. A dialogue on populism? Chapter 2. A dialogue on populism? 01 04 A study of intellectual discourse about populism in the Brexit debate in Italy and the UK A study of intellectual discourse about populism in the Brexit debate in Italy and the UK 1 A01 01 JB code 705371006 Chiara Degano Degano, Chiara Chiara Degano 2 A01 01 JB code 949371007 Federico Giulio Sicurella Sicurella, Federico Giulio Federico Giulio Sicurella 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.04bor 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.04bor 73 100 28 Chapter 4 01 04 Chapter 3. European populism(s) as a counter-hegemonic discourse? Chapter 3. European populism(s) as a counter-hegemonic discourse? 01 04 The rise of Podemos and M5S in the wake of the crisis The rise of Podemos and M5S in the wake of the crisis 1 A01 01 JB code 184371008 Arthur Borriello Borriello, Arthur Arthur Borriello 2 A01 01 JB code 609371009 Samuele Mazzolini Mazzolini, Samuele Samuele Mazzolini 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.05oze 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.05oze 101 122 22 Chapter 5 01 04 Chapter 4. Islamic conservative populism in Turkey Chapter 4. Islamic conservative populism in Turkey 01 04 The case of the AKP The case of the AKP 1 A01 01 JB code 995371010 Hariye M. Özen Özen, Hariye M. Hariye M. Özen 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.06mon 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.06mon 123 148 26 Chapter 6 01 04 Chapter 5. The articulation of xthe people' in the discourse of Podemos Chapter 5. The articulation of ‘the people’ in the discourse of Podemos 1 A01 01 JB code 450371011 Nicolina Montesano Montessori Montesano Montessori, Nicolina Nicolina Montesano Montessori 2 A01 01 JB code 730371012 Esperanza Morales-López Morales-López, Esperanza Esperanza Morales-López 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.07agu 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.07agu 149 172 24 Chapter 7 01 04 Chapter 6. Building left-wing populism in Denmark Chapter 6. Building left-wing populism in Denmark 01 04 Moving far away from the right Moving far away from the right 1 A01 01 JB code 112371013 Óscar García Agustín García Agustín, Óscar Óscar García Agustín 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.08onn 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.08onn 173 200 28 Chapter 8 01 04 Chapter 7. Performing xthe people'? Chapter 7. Performing ‘the people’? 01 04 The populist style of politics in the German PEGIDA-movement The populist style of politics in the German PEGIDA-movement 1 A01 01 JB code 349371014 Andreas Önnerfors Önnerfors, Andreas Andreas Önnerfors 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.09tru 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.09tru 201 228 28 Chapter 9 01 04 Chapter 8. The discursive construction of the people in European political discourse Chapter 8. The discursive construction of the people in European political discourse 01 04 Semantics and pragmatics of a contested concept in German, French, and British parliamentary debates Semantics and pragmatics of a contested concept in German, French, and British parliamentary debates 1 A01 01 JB code 775371015 Naomi Truan Truan, Naomi Naomi Truan 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.10ben 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.10ben 229 256 28 Chapter 10 01 04 Chapter 9. Standing up for xreal people' Chapter 9. Standing up for ‘real people’ 01 04 UKIP, the Brexit, and discursive strategies on Twitter UKIP, the Brexit, and discursive strategies on Twitter 1 A01 01 JB code 174371016 Samuel Bennett Bennett, Samuel Samuel Bennett 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.11lev 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.11lev 257 284 28 Chapter 11 01 04 Chapter 10. "The people" in the discourse of the Romanian government and opposition Chapter 10. “The people” in the discourse of the Romanian government and opposition 01 04 Between populism and the quest for democracy Between populism and the quest for democracy 1 A01 01 JB code 151371017 Raluca Mihaela Levonian Levonian, Raluca Mihaela Raluca Mihaela Levonian 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.12lin 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.12lin 285 314 30 Chapter 12 01 04 Chapter 11. The Volk (xpeople') and its modes of representation by Alternative fur Deutschland-AfD (xAlternative for Germany') Chapter 11. The Volk (‘people’) and its modes of representation by Alternative für Deutschland-AfD (‘Alternative for Germany’) 1 A01 01 JB code 153371018 Miguel Ayerbe Linares Ayerbe Linares, Miguel Miguel Ayerbe Linares 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.13lee 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.13lee 315 340 26 Chapter 13 01 04 Chapter 12. Measuring people-centrism in populist political discourse Chapter 12. Measuring people-centrism in populist political discourse 01 04 A linguistic approach A linguistic approach 1 A01 01 JB code 642371019 Maarten Leeuwen Leeuwen, Maarten Maarten Leeuwen 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.14fur 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.14fur 341 362 22 Chapter 14 01 04 Chapter 13. Populist discursive strategies surrounding the immigration quota referendum in Hungary Chapter 13. Populist discursive strategies surrounding the immigration quota referendum in Hungary 1 A01 01 JB code 997371020 Bálint Péter Furkó Furkó, Bálint Péter Bálint Péter Furkó 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.15bre 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.15bre 363 372 10 Chapter 15 01 04 Concluding remarks Concluding remarks 01 04 Appealing to the people Appealing to the people 1 A01 01 JB code 635371021 Ruth Breeze Breeze, Ruth Ruth Breeze 2 A01 01 JB code 824371022 Jan Zienkowski Zienkowski, Jan Jan Zienkowski 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.ind1 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.ind1 373 378 6 Miscellaneous 16 01 04 Index Index 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 20190813 C 2019 John Benjamins D 2019 John Benjamins 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027203489 WORLD 03 01 JB 17 Google 03 https://play.google.com/store/books 21 01 00 Unqualified price 00 99.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 00 83.00 GBP 01 00 Unqualified price 00 149.00 USD 454025883 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code DAPSAC 83 Hb 15 9789027203489 06 10.1075/dapsac.83 13 2019017280 00 BB 08 830 gr 10 01 JB code DAPSAC 02 1569-9463 02 83.00 01 02 Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 01 01 Imagining the Peoples of Europe Populist discourses across the political spectrum Imagining the Peoples of Europe: Populist discourses across the political spectrum 1 B01 01 JB code 399356635 Jan Zienkowski Zienkowski, Jan Jan Zienkowski Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/399356635 2 B01 01 JB code 362356636 Ruth Breeze Breeze, Ruth Ruth Breeze University of Navarra 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/362356636 01 eng 11 384 03 03 vi 03 00 378 03 01 23 320.56/62094 03 2019 JN40 04 Populism--Europe. 04 Group identity--Europe. 04 Nationalism--Europe. 04 Communication in politics--Europe. 10 LAN009030 12 CFG 24 JB code COMM.CGEN Communication Studies 24 JB code LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 01 06 02 00 This volume explores the new political order with a particular focus on discursive constructions of 'the people' and the category of populism across the spectrum. 03 00

The political landscape in Europe is currently going through a phase of rapid change. New actors and movements that claim to represent 'the will of the people' are attracting considerable public attention, with dramatic consequences for election outcomes. This volume explores the new political order with a particular focus on discursive constructions of 'the people' and the category of populism across the spectrum. It shows how a unitary representation of 'the people' is a central element in a vast range of very diverse political discourses today, acting to anchor identities and project antagonisms in a multitude of settings. The chapters in this book explore commonality and contrast in representations of ‘the people’ in both radical and mainstream political movements, looking in depth at recent political discourses in the European sphere. The authors draw on approaches ranging from Essex-style discourse theory over critical discourse studies, corpus analysis and linguistic pragmatics, to investigate how historically situated categories such as the people and populism become fixed through local linguistic, textual and narrative practices as well as through wider ideological and discursive patterns.

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01 01 JB code dapsac.83.01zie 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.01zie 1 18 18 Chapter 1 01 04 Introduction Introduction 01 04 Imagining populism and the peoples of Europe Imagining populism and the peoples of Europe 1 A01 01 JB code 980371003 Jan Zienkowski Zienkowski, Jan Jan Zienkowski 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/980371003 2 A01 01 JB code 357371004 Ruth Breeze Breeze, Ruth Ruth Breeze 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/357371004 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.02cle 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.02cle 19 42 24 Chapter 2 01 04 Chapter 1. The populist political logic and the analysis of the discursive construction of xthe people' and xthe elite' Chapter 1. The populist political logic and the analysis of the discursive construction of ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’ 1 A01 01 JB code 400371005 Benjamin De Cleen De Cleen, Benjamin Benjamin De Cleen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/400371005 30 00

Aiming to provide some theoretical context to this edited volume on Imagining the Peoples of Europe, this chapter argues that a discourse-theoretical definition of populism as a political logic is the best basis for discursive analyses of populist politics. In identifying what makes populist politics across the political spectrum populist, the chapter strongly builds on Laclau’s work. But it more explicitly limits populism to a particular political logic that revolves around the claim to represent ‘the people’, discursively constructed through a down/up opposition between the people-as-underdog and ‘the elite’ as a small and illegitimately powerful group that is argued not to satisfy the needs and demands of the people. This definition also emphasizes how populism constructs not only ‘the people’ but also ‘the elite’, and how it presents certain demands as the will of the people. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the proposed definition’s implications for the empirical analysis of populist politics across the political spectrum, suggesting that we need to analyze the ways in which populists construct the down/up opposition between ‘people’ and ‘elite’ as well as how this opposition is articulated with other elements of populists’ particular programs and strategies.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.03deg 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.03deg 43 71 29 Chapter 3 01 04 Chapter 2. A dialogue on populism? Chapter 2. A dialogue on populism? 01 04 A study of intellectual discourse about populism in the Brexit debate in Italy and the UK A study of intellectual discourse about populism in the Brexit debate in Italy and the UK 1 A01 01 JB code 705371006 Chiara Degano Degano, Chiara Chiara Degano 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/705371006 2 A01 01 JB code 949371007 Federico Giulio Sicurella Sicurella, Federico Giulio Federico Giulio Sicurella 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/949371007 30 00

Most works on populism framed in a discourse-analytic perspective focus on the features of populist discourse itself, contributing greatly to the understanding of the phenomenon. However, a full understanding of populism should also consider the ways in which notions of populism are constructed, negotiated, reproduced, and popularised in public discourse, as this contributes greatly to forming public opinion at large and peoples responses to populism itself. For this reason, the chapter addresses discourses about populism, with a focus on editorials dealing with Brexit in the British and Italian press. Although their position of supremacy in orienting public opinion has been partly mined by talk shows, blogs, and social media at large, opinion pieces remain one of the most important sites in which intellectuals (generally senior journalists) publicly share their views trying at the same time to influence the opinion of the readers. Based on an original framework integrating categories from critical discourse studies, argumentation theory, and the study of heteroglossia/dialogism, the analysis focuses on the ways in which editorialists define and evaluate populism and populists, the argumentative topoi they employ to support their standpoints, and whether and how they engage alternative viewpoints. In our view, all these aspects concur to expand or reduce the space of dialogue created by the text, and hence, we claim, the ability of the readers to feel included, and see their positions represented, in the broader discussion. The risk is that if no dialogue is opened at all with the people who uphold populist views, intellectual discourse will fail to involve them as interlocutors in a critical discussion, thus making them more receptive (or vulnerable) to populist propaganda.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.04bor 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.04bor 73 100 28 Chapter 4 01 04 Chapter 3. European populism(s) as a counter-hegemonic discourse? Chapter 3. European populism(s) as a counter-hegemonic discourse? 01 04 The rise of Podemos and M5S in the wake of the crisis The rise of Podemos and M5S in the wake of the crisis 1 A01 01 JB code 184371008 Arthur Borriello Borriello, Arthur Arthur Borriello 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/184371008 2 A01 01 JB code 609371009 Samuele Mazzolini Mazzolini, Samuele Samuele Mazzolini 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/609371009 30 00

In this chapter, we compare the discourse of Podemos and Movimento Cinque Stelle in order to answer the following question: to what extent do these movements pertain to the same political phenomenon? Based on Laclau’s definition of populism, we provide a “snapshot” of both parties’ discourse between 2012 and 2016 by carrying out a corpus-based analysis that combines lexicography and metaphor analysis. The results show that they display a populist logic and represent two counter-discourses against neoliberal hegemony. However, they also display important differences that could prove to be decisive when it comes to seizing political power and building an alternative to the hegemonic order they challenge, as their recent evolutions have shown.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.05oze 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.05oze 101 122 22 Chapter 5 01 04 Chapter 4. Islamic conservative populism in Turkey Chapter 4. Islamic conservative populism in Turkey 01 04 The case of the AKP The case of the AKP 1 A01 01 JB code 995371010 Hariye M. Özen Özen, Hariye M. Hariye M. Özen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/995371010 30 00

This study focuses the Islamic/conservative populism of the Justice and the Development Party (AKP) in Turkey. Drawing on the post-structuralist discourse-theoretical perspective developed by Ernesto Laclau, it demonstrates how the populist discourse of the AKP substantially changed in this period through fluctuations in the boundaries that separated ‘the people’ from ‘the power’ as well as the components of both of these categories. While ‘the people’ signifier initially acted as an empty signifier that represented a series of unfulfilled social demands against ‘the power’ – the institutional system – that negated these demands, it gradually came to signify Islamic/conservative demands against all those opposing the AKP. This transformation involved a move from a relatively inclusive and democratic populism to an exclusive and authoritarian one.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.06mon 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.06mon 123 147 25 Chapter 6 01 04 Chapter 5. The articulation of xthe people' in the discourse of Podemos Chapter 5. The articulation of ‘the people’ in the discourse of Podemos 1 A01 01 JB code 450371011 Nicolina Montesano Montessori Montesano Montessori, Nicolina Nicolina Montesano Montessori 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/450371011 2 A01 01 JB code 730371012 Esperanza Morales-López Morales-López, Esperanza Esperanza Morales-López 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/730371012 30 00

This chapter focuses on the construction of pueblo ‘people’ and patria ‘homeland’ in the Spanish discourse of Podemos and the party’s relation to la gente ‘the people’ between June 2016 and its second political conference, Vistalegre II (February 2017). The discursive analysis focuses on figures of speech, such as synecdoche and metaphors, followed by a narrative analysis. The data cover the General Secretary of the party, Pablo Iglesias and the head of the branch in Catalonia, Xavier Domènech. We then apply the explanatory logics developed within discourse theory (Glynos and Howarth 2007) to interpret the results of the analysis1 and we critically reflect on some observed ambiguities in the discourse of Podemos.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.07agu 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.07agu 149 172 24 Chapter 7 01 04 Chapter 6. Building left-wing populism in Denmark Chapter 6. Building left-wing populism in Denmark 01 04 Moving far away from the right Moving far away from the right 1 A01 01 JB code 112371013 Óscar García Agustín García Agustín, Óscar Óscar García Agustín 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/112371013 30 00

In the Danish context, populism is usually associated with the radical right-wing. However, the left-wing Red-Green Alliance (the RGA), which defines itself as socialist, has carried out a populist turn coinciding with a remarkable electoral growth from 2.2% in 2007 to 7.8% in 2015. I argue that the RGA presents a hybrid form of left-wing populism in which socialist and populist articulations converge. The discourse is socialist since equality (or struggle against inequality) is the main value; the materialist approach is dominant; and there are plenty of references to class, working-class and class struggles. It is populist in the sense that inequality is portrayed as a conflict against the elite; and there is an attempt to constitute a new collective subject named “community”. Moreover, the RGA’s opposition towards the EU connects with the populist resistance to global neoliberalism and the defense of national sovereignty.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.08onn 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.08onn 173 200 28 Chapter 8 01 04 Chapter 7. Performing xthe people'? Chapter 7. Performing ‘the people’? 01 04 The populist style of politics in the German PEGIDA-movement The populist style of politics in the German PEGIDA-movement 1 A01 01 JB code 349371014 Andreas Önnerfors Önnerfors, Andreas Andreas Önnerfors 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/349371014 30 00

This chapter analyses the construction of the people (das Volk) in the populist style of politics as performed in the German PEGIDA-movement. Pointing at the ambiguities of the term in the German political post-unification discourse, he demonstrates how PEGIDA traces its legacy back to the GDR citizen movement and to the idea of resistance against a dictatorial system still awaiting a final redemption. PEGIDA presents Das Volk as the legitimate representative of the German population, threatened in its very existence by the machinations of a toxic combination of evil-minded domestic elites and trans-national migration. Önnerfors locates the linguistic and performative strategies of PEGIDA within a larger European New Right (ENR) discourse and argues that it combines elements from mono- and multifascism.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.09tru 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.09tru 201 228 28 Chapter 9 01 04 Chapter 8. The discursive construction of the people in European political discourse Chapter 8. The discursive construction of the people in European political discourse 01 04 Semantics and pragmatics of a contested concept in German, French, and British parliamentary debates Semantics and pragmatics of a contested concept in German, French, and British parliamentary debates 1 A01 01 JB code 775371015 Naomi Truan Truan, Naomi Naomi Truan 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/775371015 30 00

Who are the people? As a semantically underspecified noun, the lexeme “people” and related terms such as “citizen(s)” or “constituent(s)” lead to various representations and are filled with competing meanings. By undertaking a cross-linguistic analysis of the semantic value of nouns denoting human referents in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, this paper investigates how the “people” (people in English, Volk in German, peuple in French) and related linguistic expressions (notably Mensch, Bürger, citoyen) are discursively staged in national parliamentary debates on Europe.

The people represent the entity Members of Parliament (MPs) speak to, about, and on behalf of. In political sciences, mentioning the people immediately raises concerns about a populist message or stance. To which extent, then, does the reference to “the people” or “a people” pertain to a populist stance?

Based on an annotated corpus of forty-four national parliamentary debates between 1998 and 2015, this paper uses mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) to assess how the “people” are referred to across the political spectrum in the British House of Commons, the German Bundestag and the French Assemblée nationale. By taking into account a large amount of speakers across different times and cultures, the analysis shows that the reference to “the people” – partly in opposition to “a people” – is a basic component of political discourse, thus indicating that the mere mention of the “people” cannot be regarded as a feature of populist rhetoric.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.10ben 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.10ben 229 256 28 Chapter 10 01 04 Chapter 9. Standing up for xreal people' Chapter 9. Standing up for ‘real people’ 01 04 UKIP, the Brexit, and discursive strategies on Twitter UKIP, the Brexit, and discursive strategies on Twitter 1 A01 01 JB code 174371016 Samuel Bennett Bennett, Samuel Samuel Bennett 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/174371016 30 00

Right wing populism has always been exclusionary in nature and relies on classic positive in-group/negative out-group constructions (van Dijk 1998). This chapter investigates how the UK Independence Party (UKIP) discursively constructed ‘the people’ during the 2016 ‘Brexit’ referendum campaign. It will be argued that ‘the people’ were defined in opposition to two key groups: Elite mainstream political actors and migrants. The consequence of this strategy has been the legitimisation of race hate crimes and a further conceptual separation of ‘the people’ from the political classes. Data is taken from the UKIP twitter account and I qualitatively analyse this by paying particular attention to topoi and to the discursive construction of ‘the people’ as a social actor.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.11lev 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.11lev 257 284 28 Chapter 11 01 04 Chapter 10. "The people" in the discourse of the Romanian government and opposition Chapter 10. “The people” in the discourse of the Romanian government and opposition 01 04 Between populism and the quest for democracy Between populism and the quest for democracy 1 A01 01 JB code 151371017 Raluca Mihaela Levonian Levonian, Raluca Mihaela Raluca Mihaela Levonian 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/151371017 30 00

This article analyzes the discourse of the government and opposition parties in Romania, between 2011 and 2012. It examines the construction of “the people” as a popular subject, by applying both quantitative and qualitative analysis. The results show that the government tended to present “the people” as the only agents responsible for their material well-being, while denying the possibility for them to influence the decisions taken in the political sphere. In contrast, the opposition focused on the representation of the Romanian citizens as voters who have the democratic right to decide their rulers. The opposition parties attributed to the state the responsibility for general prosperity. The opposition constructs an extended chain of equivalences between the demands of various socio-professional categories forming “the people” and a marked dichotomy between “the people” and the governing elites, which are subsequently equated with the communist dictatorship.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.12lin 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.12lin 285 314 30 Chapter 12 01 04 Chapter 11. The Volk (xpeople') and its modes of representation by Alternative fur Deutschland-AfD (xAlternative for Germany') Chapter 11. The Volk (‘people’) and its modes of representation by Alternative für Deutschland-AfD (‘Alternative for Germany’) 1 A01 01 JB code 153371018 Miguel Ayerbe Linares Ayerbe Linares, Miguel Miguel Ayerbe Linares 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/153371018 30 00

The concept of the German ‘people’ is central in the discourses of the new political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), which emerged on the political scene in 2013. Characterised as a right-wing populist Eurosceptic party, AfD presents itself as giving voice to the German ‘people’, its concerns and fears, in counterposition to other political groupings which it describes as etabliert (established) or Altparteien (old parties). These parties, it asserts, have betrayed the German people both economically and culturally, and this has been exacerbated by their responses to recent migratory movements. In this context, it is pertinent to ask what the term ‘(German) people’ actually means for this political movement: what are its representatives referring to when they speak of the ‘(German) people’? Who are the ‘people’ whose legitimate representative AfD claims to be? What words are used to describe them, and how are they represented in their relationships to other players, such as the government, the established parties, the EU, or migrants and refugees? The present study will focus on the following sources: the bulletin AfD-Kompakt, the election manifestos, and the Twitter accounts of the party and its leader Frauke Petry. First, I analyse the lexemes used to refer to the people, taking into account their connotations in the historical context of German nationalism. Secondly, I conduct a qualitative analysis of key excerpts from these sources in which the ‘people’ are represented in their relationship with their various adversaries. Finally, I bring these ideas together to consider the AfD’s characteristic mode of representation, that is, the way in which it legitimises its claims to speak for the German people.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.13lee 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.13lee 315 339 25 Chapter 13 01 04 Chapter 12. Measuring people-centrism in populist political discourse Chapter 12. Measuring people-centrism in populist political discourse 01 04 A linguistic approach A linguistic approach 1 A01 01 JB code 642371019 Maarten Leeuwen Leeuwen, Maarten Maarten Leeuwen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/642371019 30 00

In recent years, a growing body of political-scientific literature has focused on the empirical measurement of populism. In such studies, “people-centrism” is one of the most frequently analysed discourse characteristics, i.e. to what extent “the people” are put in the focus of attention in a politician’s discourse. In order to measure people-centrism empirically, it is common practice to use the number of references to the electorate as the only indicator. In this contribution, however, I argue that the way in which politicians refer to “the people” should be taken into account as well. By presenting a case study from Dutch politics, in which the populist Geert Wilders plays an important role, I substantiate that analysing the syntactic position in which “the people” are presented and the strategic use of perspective or attributed viewpoint deepens our understanding of how (populist) politicians put “the people” in the centre of attention in their discourse. As such this contribution also aims to demonstrate how a linguistic approach to populism can contribute to the empirical measurement of populism.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.14fur 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.14fur 341 361 21 Chapter 14 01 04 Chapter 13. Populist discursive strategies surrounding the immigration quota referendum in Hungary Chapter 13. Populist discursive strategies surrounding the immigration quota referendum in Hungary 1 A01 01 JB code 997371020 Bálint Péter Furkó Furkó, Bálint Péter Bálint Péter Furkó 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/997371020 30 00

The present chapter approaches populist discourse in Hungary through a case study of parliamentary speeches surrounding the immigration quota referendum of 2 October, 2016. The analysis uses a mixed methodology of quantitative and qualitative approaches at the intersection of corpus linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis and pragmatic marker research. The aim is to identify populist discursive strategies used by government and opposition parties in the course of parliamentary debates relating to (anti-)immigration in general and the immigration quota referendum in particular. The findings suggest that most discursive strategies (e.g. polarizing, suppression, antagonizing, selective presentation) can be observed in both pro- and anti-government campaigns, but there are differences in the degree of implicitness/explicitness used and in the linguistic realizations of the strategies.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.15bre 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.15bre 363 371 9 Chapter 15 01 04 Concluding remarks Concluding remarks 01 04 Appealing to the people Appealing to the people 1 A01 01 JB code 635371021 Ruth Breeze Breeze, Ruth Ruth Breeze 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/635371021 2 A01 01 JB code 824371022 Jan Zienkowski Zienkowski, Jan Jan Zienkowski 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/824371022 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.ind1 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.ind1 373 378 6 Miscellaneous 16 01 04 Index Index
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The political landscape in Europe is currently going through a phase of rapid change. New actors and movements that claim to represent 'the will of the people' are attracting considerable public attention, with dramatic consequences for election outcomes. This volume explores the new political order with a particular focus on discursive constructions of 'the people' and the category of populism across the spectrum. It shows how a unitary representation of 'the people' is a central element in a vast range of very diverse political discourses today, acting to anchor identities and project antagonisms in a multitude of settings. The chapters in this book explore commonality and contrast in representations of ‘the people’ in both radical and mainstream political movements, looking in depth at recent political discourses in the European sphere. The authors draw on approaches ranging from Essex-style discourse theory over critical discourse studies, corpus analysis and linguistic pragmatics, to investigate how historically situated categories such as the people and populism become fixed through local linguistic, textual and narrative practices as well as through wider ideological and discursive patterns.

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01 01 JB code dapsac.83.01zie 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.01zie 1 18 18 Chapter 1 01 04 Introduction Introduction 01 04 Imagining populism and the peoples of Europe Imagining populism and the peoples of Europe 1 A01 01 JB code 980371003 Jan Zienkowski Zienkowski, Jan Jan Zienkowski 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/980371003 2 A01 01 JB code 357371004 Ruth Breeze Breeze, Ruth Ruth Breeze 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/357371004 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.02cle 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.02cle 19 42 24 Chapter 2 01 04 Chapter 1. The populist political logic and the analysis of the discursive construction of xthe people' and xthe elite' Chapter 1. The populist political logic and the analysis of the discursive construction of ‘the people’ and ‘the elite’ 1 A01 01 JB code 400371005 Benjamin De Cleen De Cleen, Benjamin Benjamin De Cleen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/400371005 30 00

Aiming to provide some theoretical context to this edited volume on Imagining the Peoples of Europe, this chapter argues that a discourse-theoretical definition of populism as a political logic is the best basis for discursive analyses of populist politics. In identifying what makes populist politics across the political spectrum populist, the chapter strongly builds on Laclau’s work. But it more explicitly limits populism to a particular political logic that revolves around the claim to represent ‘the people’, discursively constructed through a down/up opposition between the people-as-underdog and ‘the elite’ as a small and illegitimately powerful group that is argued not to satisfy the needs and demands of the people. This definition also emphasizes how populism constructs not only ‘the people’ but also ‘the elite’, and how it presents certain demands as the will of the people. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the proposed definition’s implications for the empirical analysis of populist politics across the political spectrum, suggesting that we need to analyze the ways in which populists construct the down/up opposition between ‘people’ and ‘elite’ as well as how this opposition is articulated with other elements of populists’ particular programs and strategies.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.03deg 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.03deg 43 71 29 Chapter 3 01 04 Chapter 2. A dialogue on populism? Chapter 2. A dialogue on populism? 01 04 A study of intellectual discourse about populism in the Brexit debate in Italy and the UK A study of intellectual discourse about populism in the Brexit debate in Italy and the UK 1 A01 01 JB code 705371006 Chiara Degano Degano, Chiara Chiara Degano 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/705371006 2 A01 01 JB code 949371007 Federico Giulio Sicurella Sicurella, Federico Giulio Federico Giulio Sicurella 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/949371007 30 00

Most works on populism framed in a discourse-analytic perspective focus on the features of populist discourse itself, contributing greatly to the understanding of the phenomenon. However, a full understanding of populism should also consider the ways in which notions of populism are constructed, negotiated, reproduced, and popularised in public discourse, as this contributes greatly to forming public opinion at large and peoples responses to populism itself. For this reason, the chapter addresses discourses about populism, with a focus on editorials dealing with Brexit in the British and Italian press. Although their position of supremacy in orienting public opinion has been partly mined by talk shows, blogs, and social media at large, opinion pieces remain one of the most important sites in which intellectuals (generally senior journalists) publicly share their views trying at the same time to influence the opinion of the readers. Based on an original framework integrating categories from critical discourse studies, argumentation theory, and the study of heteroglossia/dialogism, the analysis focuses on the ways in which editorialists define and evaluate populism and populists, the argumentative topoi they employ to support their standpoints, and whether and how they engage alternative viewpoints. In our view, all these aspects concur to expand or reduce the space of dialogue created by the text, and hence, we claim, the ability of the readers to feel included, and see their positions represented, in the broader discussion. The risk is that if no dialogue is opened at all with the people who uphold populist views, intellectual discourse will fail to involve them as interlocutors in a critical discussion, thus making them more receptive (or vulnerable) to populist propaganda.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.04bor 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.04bor 73 100 28 Chapter 4 01 04 Chapter 3. European populism(s) as a counter-hegemonic discourse? Chapter 3. European populism(s) as a counter-hegemonic discourse? 01 04 The rise of Podemos and M5S in the wake of the crisis The rise of Podemos and M5S in the wake of the crisis 1 A01 01 JB code 184371008 Arthur Borriello Borriello, Arthur Arthur Borriello 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/184371008 2 A01 01 JB code 609371009 Samuele Mazzolini Mazzolini, Samuele Samuele Mazzolini 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/609371009 30 00

In this chapter, we compare the discourse of Podemos and Movimento Cinque Stelle in order to answer the following question: to what extent do these movements pertain to the same political phenomenon? Based on Laclau’s definition of populism, we provide a “snapshot” of both parties’ discourse between 2012 and 2016 by carrying out a corpus-based analysis that combines lexicography and metaphor analysis. The results show that they display a populist logic and represent two counter-discourses against neoliberal hegemony. However, they also display important differences that could prove to be decisive when it comes to seizing political power and building an alternative to the hegemonic order they challenge, as their recent evolutions have shown.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.05oze 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.05oze 101 122 22 Chapter 5 01 04 Chapter 4. Islamic conservative populism in Turkey Chapter 4. Islamic conservative populism in Turkey 01 04 The case of the AKP The case of the AKP 1 A01 01 JB code 995371010 Hariye M. Özen Özen, Hariye M. Hariye M. Özen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/995371010 30 00

This study focuses the Islamic/conservative populism of the Justice and the Development Party (AKP) in Turkey. Drawing on the post-structuralist discourse-theoretical perspective developed by Ernesto Laclau, it demonstrates how the populist discourse of the AKP substantially changed in this period through fluctuations in the boundaries that separated ‘the people’ from ‘the power’ as well as the components of both of these categories. While ‘the people’ signifier initially acted as an empty signifier that represented a series of unfulfilled social demands against ‘the power’ – the institutional system – that negated these demands, it gradually came to signify Islamic/conservative demands against all those opposing the AKP. This transformation involved a move from a relatively inclusive and democratic populism to an exclusive and authoritarian one.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.06mon 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.06mon 123 147 25 Chapter 6 01 04 Chapter 5. The articulation of xthe people' in the discourse of Podemos Chapter 5. The articulation of ‘the people’ in the discourse of Podemos 1 A01 01 JB code 450371011 Nicolina Montesano Montessori Montesano Montessori, Nicolina Nicolina Montesano Montessori 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/450371011 2 A01 01 JB code 730371012 Esperanza Morales-López Morales-López, Esperanza Esperanza Morales-López 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/730371012 30 00

This chapter focuses on the construction of pueblo ‘people’ and patria ‘homeland’ in the Spanish discourse of Podemos and the party’s relation to la gente ‘the people’ between June 2016 and its second political conference, Vistalegre II (February 2017). The discursive analysis focuses on figures of speech, such as synecdoche and metaphors, followed by a narrative analysis. The data cover the General Secretary of the party, Pablo Iglesias and the head of the branch in Catalonia, Xavier Domènech. We then apply the explanatory logics developed within discourse theory (Glynos and Howarth 2007) to interpret the results of the analysis1 and we critically reflect on some observed ambiguities in the discourse of Podemos.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.07agu 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.07agu 149 172 24 Chapter 7 01 04 Chapter 6. Building left-wing populism in Denmark Chapter 6. Building left-wing populism in Denmark 01 04 Moving far away from the right Moving far away from the right 1 A01 01 JB code 112371013 Óscar García Agustín García Agustín, Óscar Óscar García Agustín 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/112371013 30 00

In the Danish context, populism is usually associated with the radical right-wing. However, the left-wing Red-Green Alliance (the RGA), which defines itself as socialist, has carried out a populist turn coinciding with a remarkable electoral growth from 2.2% in 2007 to 7.8% in 2015. I argue that the RGA presents a hybrid form of left-wing populism in which socialist and populist articulations converge. The discourse is socialist since equality (or struggle against inequality) is the main value; the materialist approach is dominant; and there are plenty of references to class, working-class and class struggles. It is populist in the sense that inequality is portrayed as a conflict against the elite; and there is an attempt to constitute a new collective subject named “community”. Moreover, the RGA’s opposition towards the EU connects with the populist resistance to global neoliberalism and the defense of national sovereignty.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.08onn 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.08onn 173 200 28 Chapter 8 01 04 Chapter 7. Performing xthe people'? Chapter 7. Performing ‘the people’? 01 04 The populist style of politics in the German PEGIDA-movement The populist style of politics in the German PEGIDA-movement 1 A01 01 JB code 349371014 Andreas Önnerfors Önnerfors, Andreas Andreas Önnerfors 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/349371014 30 00

This chapter analyses the construction of the people (das Volk) in the populist style of politics as performed in the German PEGIDA-movement. Pointing at the ambiguities of the term in the German political post-unification discourse, he demonstrates how PEGIDA traces its legacy back to the GDR citizen movement and to the idea of resistance against a dictatorial system still awaiting a final redemption. PEGIDA presents Das Volk as the legitimate representative of the German population, threatened in its very existence by the machinations of a toxic combination of evil-minded domestic elites and trans-national migration. Önnerfors locates the linguistic and performative strategies of PEGIDA within a larger European New Right (ENR) discourse and argues that it combines elements from mono- and multifascism.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.09tru 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.09tru 201 228 28 Chapter 9 01 04 Chapter 8. The discursive construction of the people in European political discourse Chapter 8. The discursive construction of the people in European political discourse 01 04 Semantics and pragmatics of a contested concept in German, French, and British parliamentary debates Semantics and pragmatics of a contested concept in German, French, and British parliamentary debates 1 A01 01 JB code 775371015 Naomi Truan Truan, Naomi Naomi Truan 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/775371015 30 00

Who are the people? As a semantically underspecified noun, the lexeme “people” and related terms such as “citizen(s)” or “constituent(s)” lead to various representations and are filled with competing meanings. By undertaking a cross-linguistic analysis of the semantic value of nouns denoting human referents in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, this paper investigates how the “people” (people in English, Volk in German, peuple in French) and related linguistic expressions (notably Mensch, Bürger, citoyen) are discursively staged in national parliamentary debates on Europe.

The people represent the entity Members of Parliament (MPs) speak to, about, and on behalf of. In political sciences, mentioning the people immediately raises concerns about a populist message or stance. To which extent, then, does the reference to “the people” or “a people” pertain to a populist stance?

Based on an annotated corpus of forty-four national parliamentary debates between 1998 and 2015, this paper uses mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) to assess how the “people” are referred to across the political spectrum in the British House of Commons, the German Bundestag and the French Assemblée nationale. By taking into account a large amount of speakers across different times and cultures, the analysis shows that the reference to “the people” – partly in opposition to “a people” – is a basic component of political discourse, thus indicating that the mere mention of the “people” cannot be regarded as a feature of populist rhetoric.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.10ben 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.10ben 229 256 28 Chapter 10 01 04 Chapter 9. Standing up for xreal people' Chapter 9. Standing up for ‘real people’ 01 04 UKIP, the Brexit, and discursive strategies on Twitter UKIP, the Brexit, and discursive strategies on Twitter 1 A01 01 JB code 174371016 Samuel Bennett Bennett, Samuel Samuel Bennett 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/174371016 30 00

Right wing populism has always been exclusionary in nature and relies on classic positive in-group/negative out-group constructions (van Dijk 1998). This chapter investigates how the UK Independence Party (UKIP) discursively constructed ‘the people’ during the 2016 ‘Brexit’ referendum campaign. It will be argued that ‘the people’ were defined in opposition to two key groups: Elite mainstream political actors and migrants. The consequence of this strategy has been the legitimisation of race hate crimes and a further conceptual separation of ‘the people’ from the political classes. Data is taken from the UKIP twitter account and I qualitatively analyse this by paying particular attention to topoi and to the discursive construction of ‘the people’ as a social actor.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.11lev 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.11lev 257 284 28 Chapter 11 01 04 Chapter 10. "The people" in the discourse of the Romanian government and opposition Chapter 10. “The people” in the discourse of the Romanian government and opposition 01 04 Between populism and the quest for democracy Between populism and the quest for democracy 1 A01 01 JB code 151371017 Raluca Mihaela Levonian Levonian, Raluca Mihaela Raluca Mihaela Levonian 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/151371017 30 00

This article analyzes the discourse of the government and opposition parties in Romania, between 2011 and 2012. It examines the construction of “the people” as a popular subject, by applying both quantitative and qualitative analysis. The results show that the government tended to present “the people” as the only agents responsible for their material well-being, while denying the possibility for them to influence the decisions taken in the political sphere. In contrast, the opposition focused on the representation of the Romanian citizens as voters who have the democratic right to decide their rulers. The opposition parties attributed to the state the responsibility for general prosperity. The opposition constructs an extended chain of equivalences between the demands of various socio-professional categories forming “the people” and a marked dichotomy between “the people” and the governing elites, which are subsequently equated with the communist dictatorship.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.12lin 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.12lin 285 314 30 Chapter 12 01 04 Chapter 11. The Volk (xpeople') and its modes of representation by Alternative fur Deutschland-AfD (xAlternative for Germany') Chapter 11. The Volk (‘people’) and its modes of representation by Alternative für Deutschland-AfD (‘Alternative for Germany’) 1 A01 01 JB code 153371018 Miguel Ayerbe Linares Ayerbe Linares, Miguel Miguel Ayerbe Linares 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/153371018 30 00

The concept of the German ‘people’ is central in the discourses of the new political party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), which emerged on the political scene in 2013. Characterised as a right-wing populist Eurosceptic party, AfD presents itself as giving voice to the German ‘people’, its concerns and fears, in counterposition to other political groupings which it describes as etabliert (established) or Altparteien (old parties). These parties, it asserts, have betrayed the German people both economically and culturally, and this has been exacerbated by their responses to recent migratory movements. In this context, it is pertinent to ask what the term ‘(German) people’ actually means for this political movement: what are its representatives referring to when they speak of the ‘(German) people’? Who are the ‘people’ whose legitimate representative AfD claims to be? What words are used to describe them, and how are they represented in their relationships to other players, such as the government, the established parties, the EU, or migrants and refugees? The present study will focus on the following sources: the bulletin AfD-Kompakt, the election manifestos, and the Twitter accounts of the party and its leader Frauke Petry. First, I analyse the lexemes used to refer to the people, taking into account their connotations in the historical context of German nationalism. Secondly, I conduct a qualitative analysis of key excerpts from these sources in which the ‘people’ are represented in their relationship with their various adversaries. Finally, I bring these ideas together to consider the AfD’s characteristic mode of representation, that is, the way in which it legitimises its claims to speak for the German people.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.13lee 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.13lee 315 339 25 Chapter 13 01 04 Chapter 12. Measuring people-centrism in populist political discourse Chapter 12. Measuring people-centrism in populist political discourse 01 04 A linguistic approach A linguistic approach 1 A01 01 JB code 642371019 Maarten Leeuwen Leeuwen, Maarten Maarten Leeuwen 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/642371019 30 00

In recent years, a growing body of political-scientific literature has focused on the empirical measurement of populism. In such studies, “people-centrism” is one of the most frequently analysed discourse characteristics, i.e. to what extent “the people” are put in the focus of attention in a politician’s discourse. In order to measure people-centrism empirically, it is common practice to use the number of references to the electorate as the only indicator. In this contribution, however, I argue that the way in which politicians refer to “the people” should be taken into account as well. By presenting a case study from Dutch politics, in which the populist Geert Wilders plays an important role, I substantiate that analysing the syntactic position in which “the people” are presented and the strategic use of perspective or attributed viewpoint deepens our understanding of how (populist) politicians put “the people” in the centre of attention in their discourse. As such this contribution also aims to demonstrate how a linguistic approach to populism can contribute to the empirical measurement of populism.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.14fur 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.14fur 341 361 21 Chapter 14 01 04 Chapter 13. Populist discursive strategies surrounding the immigration quota referendum in Hungary Chapter 13. Populist discursive strategies surrounding the immigration quota referendum in Hungary 1 A01 01 JB code 997371020 Bálint Péter Furkó Furkó, Bálint Péter Bálint Péter Furkó 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/997371020 30 00

The present chapter approaches populist discourse in Hungary through a case study of parliamentary speeches surrounding the immigration quota referendum of 2 October, 2016. The analysis uses a mixed methodology of quantitative and qualitative approaches at the intersection of corpus linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis and pragmatic marker research. The aim is to identify populist discursive strategies used by government and opposition parties in the course of parliamentary debates relating to (anti-)immigration in general and the immigration quota referendum in particular. The findings suggest that most discursive strategies (e.g. polarizing, suppression, antagonizing, selective presentation) can be observed in both pro- and anti-government campaigns, but there are differences in the degree of implicitness/explicitness used and in the linguistic realizations of the strategies.

01 01 JB code dapsac.83.15bre 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.15bre 363 371 9 Chapter 15 01 04 Concluding remarks Concluding remarks 01 04 Appealing to the people Appealing to the people 1 A01 01 JB code 635371021 Ruth Breeze Breeze, Ruth Ruth Breeze 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/635371021 2 A01 01 JB code 824371022 Jan Zienkowski Zienkowski, Jan Jan Zienkowski 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/824371022 01 01 JB code dapsac.83.ind1 06 10.1075/dapsac.83.ind1 373 378 6 Miscellaneous 16 01 04 Index Index
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