Language and Politics

Juliane House is Professor Emerita at Hamburg University and Professor at the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics. She is also Distinguished University Professor at Hellenic American University and an Ordinary Member of Academia Europaea (M.A.E.). Dániel Kádár is Chair Professor at Dalian University of Foreign Languages, Research Professor at the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, and Professor at the University of Maribor. He is Ordinary Member of Academia Europaea (M.A.E.).

• 1. Introduction; Part I. Methodological Issues: 2. Framework; 3. Pitfall 1: following an ethnocentric view when studying politically-relevant data; 4. Pitfall 2: associating values with political actors and entitites at the very outset; 5. Pitfall 3: using one's research to demonstrate a pre-held conviction; Part II. Key Topics: 6. Research involving sensitive topics; 7. Communicative strategies in news reports; 8. Ideological convictions and language use; 9. Aggression in political institutions; 10. Politics and translation; 11. Conclusion.