About this book series

The Language of Politics series is an interdisciplinary, critical, and analytical forum for the publication of cutting-edge research regarding the way language is used by political officials. It focuses mainly on empirically-based research aiming to analyze and discuss the role, function, and effects of the vocabulary used by politicians and other officials in Western and non-Western societies. Such language can be broadcast live in venues such as parliamentary debates and deliberations, election campaign assemblies, political party conventions, press conferences, media interviews, and even non-broadcast (but later reported) speeches in front of support groups or during international negotiations – in traditional as well as social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter). It can include polite, respectful, and deferential public speaking, or conversely, impolite verbal discourse, debasing and derisive comments, and the use of crude, vulgar, or abusive terms – including curses and obscenities – through irony, sarcasm, cynicism, ridicule, and mockery, to demean, degrade, humiliate, and insult individuals, the political opposition, or groups in society.

Electronic ISSN
2731-7625
Print ISSN
2731-7617
Series Editor
  • Ofer Feldman

Book titles in this series

  1. Political Humor Worldwide

    The Cultural Context of Political Comedy, Satire, and Parody

    Editors:
    • Ofer Feldman
    • Copyright: 2024

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • Soft cover
    • eBook
  2. Not My Words

    How and Why Elected Officials Quote, Requote, and Misquote Others

    Editors:
    • Ofer Feldman
    • Copyright: 2024

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • eBook
  3. Fast Politics

    Propaganda in the Age of TikTok

    Editors:
    • Laura Pérez Rastrilla
    • Pablo Sapag M.
    • Armando Recio García
    • Copyright: 2023

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • Soft cover
    • eBook