The chapter aims to provide corpus-analytical insights into the multimodality of
political discourse in the Dutch talk show Pauw & Witteman. The show combines
conversations with video clips and other visuals. Thus, it realises a macro
follow-up by linking talk items to (earlier) news reports that… read more
This chapter describes the way Poland repeatedly involved other parties, notably former enemies, in commemorations of the Warsaw Uprising of 1 August 1944, thus turning a national Red Letter Day into a transnational event. The Uprising is ambiguous: it led to defeat, yet Poland is proud of it since… read more
Commemorations as part of ceremonial politics normally are dialogues, speeches and symbolic actions (laying wreaths or lighting candles) between representatives and inside audiences. A TV transmission makes TV viewers another audience participating in an outside dialogue. The BBC transmission of… read more
Popularization is a form of communication between an expert and laymen. Not all popularized texts are written by experts, however. Often persons with less expertise have to rewrite highly specialized texts so as to make these texts accessible to a more general audience. In this paper we try to… read more