Constructing ‘the French people’ – On Sarkozy’s populism

Mayaffre, Damon; Scholz, Ronny

doi:10.1075/jlp.16009.may

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“…Although Black does not elaborate on this statement, it could be that propagandists use the abstractness of certain nouns, or even the process of nominalisation, to hide agency or to hide reality. Mayaffre and Scholz (2017) and Pasitselska and Baden (2020), for example, use discourse analysis to illustrate how empty signifiers such as 'the people' contribute to propagandistic discourse. As Black's study is not a linguistic study, it is unclear how he arrived at the list of linguistic features mentioned, emphasising the need for a clearly formulated, formal linguistic study.…”

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“…The focus of previous research on its role has varied, ranging from studies specific to linguistic aspects of propaganda texts (e.g. Abed 2015;Boardman 1978;Bosinelli & Maguire 1984;Gambrill 2012;Mayaffre & Scholz 2017;Pasitselska & Baden 2020;Pawlowski 2008a;2008b;Wodak 2007), those addressing power relations in language associated with propaganda (e.g. Ahmadian & Farahani 2014;Bolinger 1980;Fairclough 1992;1995;Gee, 2011a;Gee, 2011b;Mesthrie 2009), and those with sections on or references to the ways in which language is incorporated into propaganda (e.g.…”

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Propaganda as expressed through nouns

Maritz

2022

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

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Previous studies have often used a critical discourse approach to analyse propaganda texts.Although the social function of language in propaganda texts is well recognised and researched, the systematic aspect of the language used to fulfil this function seems less well understood. To draw more general conclusions about the way in which nouns are used to express propaganda, Systemic Functional Linguistics was used to analyse texts identified as propaganda. This study is a qualitative study, although a quantitative presentation of the data is also provided.The texts used in the study thematically pertains to former South African president Jacob Zuma and are a combination of texts thematically focusing on two controversial South African cases namely Nkandla and state capture. During Zuma's term, he was implied in both of these cases. The events enjoyed large-scale media attention and many texts were generated, some of which were pro-Zuma and some of which were against Zuma. These texts are all available in the public domain. Some of the salient findings include: the propaganda text group contains more subjective nouns than the non-propaganda text group. This high number of evaluative terms can be understood with the interpersonal metafunction in mind. In order for propagandists to attain their aims, they have to invite the receiver of the communication to join their perspective. These nouns are often used in collocations and can be used to create a specific discourse in a society. It is well known that nouns are used for different propaganda techniques, especially for dysphemism, but it can also be used for a specific type of dysphemism, namely, self-dysphemism.

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Propaganda as expressed through nouns

Maritz

2022

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

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“…Major topics often associated with discursive and framing analyses are ideology or identity construction (see. Wang, 2017; Wodak and Boukala, 2015), populism and racism (Mayaffre and Scholz, 2017), or peace and war issues (Abid and Shakila, 2016; Anchimbe, 2008). Other studies concentrate to a large extent on specific linguistic characteristics of the discourses, such as Wang and Liu’s (2018) analysis of Trump discourses, or Roitman’s (2014) study of the use of pronouns by French presidential candidates.…”

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Twenty years of research on political discourse: A systematic review and directions for future research

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Reuchamps

2020

Discourse & Society

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There is a long tradition of linguistic research on political discourse, but little attention has been paid to what the concept of political discourse itself encompasses. With this in mind, this article aims to understand what types of discourse are categorized as ‘political’ in linguistic research and what their characteristics are (form, type of actors, policy domains, geographical coverage). To this end, we conducted a systematic literature review of 164 scientific articles from the Scopus database. Overall, the findings show that political discourse is generally limited to the discourses of (institutionalized) political elites and most specifically to oral monological speeches. The review also highlights discrepancies regarding the geographical scope and the policy domains covered by the empirical analyses, more specifically a bias toward the Western world and issues related to external defense policies, justice and home affairs.

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“…Therefore, studies by Wodak & Boukala (2015), Mayaffre andScholz (2017), andVan Dijk (1997) are considered useful and will be examined.…”

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“…Mayaffre and Scholz (2017) analyse speeches made during the presidential campaigns in 2007 and 2012 of the former President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, using text statistical methods. Mayaffre and Scholz (2017) conclude that President Sarkozy used a political discourse technique of turning himself into a celebrity in order to represent his political party's identity.…”

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The Visegr?d group and the European migrant crisis : cause factors and the case of Hungary

Vadhanavisala

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The European migrant crisis has propelled the European Union (EU) to face many challenges, starting from the division of different ideas on how to manage a high number of refugees and migrants. The crisis is marked as a turning point for right-wing populism to gain its strength in modern European politics. The European Member States (EMS) have started to lose their trust in European institutions because of their unclear strategic direction on solving the refugee and migrant crisis. Correspondingly, Euroscepticism is spreading all over Europe. The situation has been worsened as more refugees are continuously entering Europe. Therefore, populists and right-wing leaders have taken this severe crisis as an opportunity to strengthen their political discourses and rhetoric. This kind of action can be seen in the case of the Visegr?d group; of which members are the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Republic of Poland and the Slovak Republic. The Visegr?d group has implemented negative policies towards the refugees and migrants. This can be seen especially in the case of Hungary, where Prime Minister Viktor Orb?n and the Fidesz party have played an important role in keeping the refugees and migrants out of the country. The Hungarian government has conducted anti-refugee and migrant campaign series and instigated its political discourses, which have been used to establish the narrative of protecting European identity from the Muslims. This antipathy towards refugees and migrants among the Visegr?d group contradicts the core values of the European Union of unity within diversity and respect for human rights.

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Constructing ‘the French people’ – On Sarkozy’s populism

Cited by 6 publications

References 29 publications

Propaganda as expressed through nouns

Propaganda as expressed through nouns

Twenty years of research on political discourse: A systematic review and directions for future research

The Visegr?d group and the European migrant crisis : cause factors and the case of Hungary

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