Political Discourse in Central, Eastern and Balkan Europe
Edited by Martina Berrocal and Aleksandra Salamurović
[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 84] 2019. vii, 268 pp.
Martina Berrocal
List of John Benjamins publications for which Martina Berrocal plays a role.
Title
Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics
Articles
2020. Jan Zienkowski, and Ruth Breeze. (eds) (2019) Imagining the Peoples of Europe. Populist discourses across the political spectrum. Journal of Language and Politics 19:4, pp. 712–715
Review
2019. Chapter 6. Delegitimization strategies in Czech parliamentary discourse. Political Discourse in Central, Eastern and Balkan Europe, Berrocal, Martina and Aleksandra Salamurović (eds.), pp. 119–146
Parliamentary debates are characterized by constant conflict of opposing discourses in the struggle for positions, resources and political power. This rhetorical conflict, which is often more performed than real, aims, among others, to undermine the image of the political rivals and to question… read more | Chapter
2019. Constructing threat through quotes and historical analogies in the Czech and the US “Ukraine Discourse”. Journal of Language and Politics 18:6, pp. 870–892
Conflicts and their discursive representations involve, apart from the spacio-temporal dimension, also the socio-ideological and axiological positions. These prompt the desired emotional response from the audience in a form of authorization for the intended action. All these dimensions are mainly… read more | Article
2019. Chapter 1. Introduction. Political Discourse in Central, Eastern and Balkan Europe, Berrocal, Martina and Aleksandra Salamurović (eds.), pp. 1–22
Introduction
2017. ‘Victim playing’ as a form of verbal aggression in the Czech parliament. Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 5:1, pp. 81–107
As the core of political discourse is the struggle for power and scarce resources, conflict seems to be an essential component of political action and interaction. In addition, conflicts in parliament are manifested in many different ways. They range from disputes during the plenary sessions to… read more | Article