Populist Discourse

"This is a timely and significant collection that probes the most disturbing and dangerous political phenomenon of our civilisation. Anyone concerned about the resurgence of populism and nationalism will benefit from the insights of the contributors to this volume. Understanding what is going on is but a first step, but a crucial one." Paul Chilton, Lancaster University, UK "In general, this volume offers an attractive selection of studies centered on populist politics and the representations of populism in a variety of countries. One particular merit of the book is that the chapters are short, highly focused in scope, and easy to read." Ricardo Jimnez-Yez, Discourse & Society 32(4)

Encarnacin Hidalgo-Tenorio works as a full professor in English linguistics at the University of Granada, Spain. Miguel-ngel Bentez-Castro is a lecturer in English Language and TEFL at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of Zaragoza, Spain. Francesca De Cesare is an associate professor in Spanish Language and Translation Studies at the University of Naples 'L'Orientale', Italy.

List of figures List of tables Acknowledgements List of contributors INTRODUCTION: UNRAVELLING POPULIST DISCOURSE Part I: POPULISM, POLITICS AND COMMUNICATION 1 - The Politics of Authenticity in Populist Discourse: rhetorical analysis of a parliamentary speech by Podemos Enrique Arroyas Langa and Victoria Fernndez Ilundain 2 - The rising of populist parties in Italy: techno-populism between neo-liberalism and direct democracy Emiliana De Blasio and Michele Sorice 3 - Rewriting the news: the amphibious relationship between populist Podemos and print media in Spain Ismael Ibez-Rosales 4 - Populism and the media factor: a comparative perspective on the Portuguese presidential candidates Paula do Esprito Santo and Rita Figueiras 5 - Populist discourse in the 21st century: the definition of otherness on Twitter in the cases of Spain, Bolivia and Venezuela Javier Garcia-Marn and scar G. Luengo Part II: A CORPUS-BASED DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF POPULISM 6 - Us vs. them: polarisation and populist discourses in the online electoral campaign in Spain Ana Ruiz-Snchez and Manuel Alcntara-Pl 7 - Imagining the people in UKIP and Labour Ruth Breeze 8 - For the many, not the few: a transitivity analysis of Labour's 2017 manifesto as a driving force for promoting a populist Britain Leanne Bartley 9 - Little old UK voting Brexit and some Austrian friends: a corpus-driven analysis of the 2016 UK right-wing tabloid discourse Pascual Prez-Paredes 10 - Disability in the populist press: An investigation of British tabloids Maria Cristina Nisco 11 - Speculations about the future: populism and climate change in news discourse Katherine E. Russo Part III: RHETORIC, CRITICAL DISCOUSE ANALYSIS AND POPULISM 12 - Populist metaphorical utterances John Keating and Beln Soria 13 - Populismus and aestheticisation in Nazi rhetoric Christina Holgado-Sez and Leopoldo La Rubia-Prado 14 - Donald Trump is a Conqueror: how the cognitive analysis of Trump's discourse reveals his worldview Heather McCallum-Bayliss 15 - Left-wing populist discourses in the Greek press Themis Kaniklidou 16 - New politics and the voice of the people. A study of populist language in Spanish political discourse: the case of Podemos Francisco Jos Snchez Garca 17 - Metaphors portraying right-wing politician Geert Wilders in Dutch political cartoons Charles Forceville and Nataa van de Laar Index