Maarten van Leeuwen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Maarten van Leeuwen plays a role.
2021 On the relation between argumentative style and linguistic style: Integrating linguistic-stylistic analysis systematically into the analysis of argumentative style Argumentative Style, Eemeren, Frans H. van (ed.), pp. 97–120 | Article
Argumentative style is assumed to be instrumental to the implementation of an arguer’s strategic plan to resolve a difference of opinion in his/her favor. One important constitutive element of argumentative style are linguistic choices. It is therefore crucial to pay close and systematic… read more
2021 The presentational dimension of Geert Wilders’s populist argumentative style Argumentative Style, Eemeren, Frans H. van (ed.), pp. 121–143 | Article
This study responds to van Eemeren’s (2019, 2021) call for research on the prototypical argumentative styles used in particular domains or communicative activity types by particular individuals or groups. It explores the argumentative style of Dutch politician Geert Wilders in presenting… read more
2019 Chapter 12. Measuring people-centrism in populist political discourse: A linguistic approach Imagining the Peoples of Europe: Populist discourses across the political spectrum, Zienkowski, Jan and Ruth Breeze (eds.), pp. 315–339 | Chapter
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… read more
2014 Systematic Stylistic Analysis: The Use of a Linguistic Checklist From Text to Political Positions: Text analysis across disciplines, Kaal, Bertie, Isa Maks and Annemarie van Elfrinkhof (eds.), pp. 225–244 | Article
Attention to style in political discourse with a focus not on what political actors say, but on how they say it, can be found within the research traditions of ‘rhetorical criticism’ (RC) or ‘rhetorical stylistics’ (RS) on the one hand, and ‘critical discourse analysis’ (CDA) on the other hand. The… read more