“…With the rise of critical linguistics and critical discourse analysis (hereafter referred to as CDA) in the 1980s and 1990s, political discourse emerged as a distinct genre (Bull & Simon-Vandenbergen, 2019;Chilton, 2003Chilton, , 2005Chilton, , 2017Mikhailovna, 2014;Mustafinova & Nurseitova, 2013;Kakisina et al, 2022;Randour et al, 2020;Sardoč & Wodak, 2023;You & Chen, 2008;Lakoff, 1990). For proponents of critical discourse analysis, all discourse is inherently political, with underlying power dynamics at play (Wilson, 2008, p. 398).…”