The US president’s language when talking about war is unlike that of any other president before him.
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How politicians have cynically used metaphor to imply meaning through language.
Politicians dropping the f-bomb tend to be seen as acting out of emotion, but the way we use taboo language is often about what we can accomplish by violating rules.
One side wants to ‘get Brexit done’ while the other shouts the ‘NHS is not for sale!’. What does it all really mean?
A look at his published writing shows the prime minister has ramped up the rhetoric as Brexit has approached.
Many of the most commonly used election terms have a long linguistic history, stretching from ancient Rome to modern-day America and Australia.
We all know about the ‘jobs and growth’, but there was also ‘tax’ and various forms of ‘new’ – read innovation – in this year’s federal budget.
Liberalism is a dirty word for the majority of South Africans. This goes back to early colonialism. Liberals opposed apartheid but not the close relationship between capitalism and apartheid.
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Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, Monash University
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Professor in Political Science, University of South Africa
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Reader in Discourse Studies, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Professor & Director, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University