Italy
A new language for a new politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12547993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Mccarthy (0000-0001-8561-0825, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 337-357 |
| Publication date | 1997-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Modern Italian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-571X • E-ISSN: 1469-9583 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13545719708454957 |
| OpenAlex | W2025375089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 1 |
The aim of this article is to analyze the language used by the major actors in contemporary Italian politics. After a brief introduction, which lists the general questions posed by such an analysis, we examine the language of the pre‐1992 regime, which has been rather too hastily condemned as obscure and solipsistic. We then pass to the self‐consciously simple language of Bossi, who constructs a discourse of protest, and of Berlusconi, who offers a discourse of government. These lead to the very different, albeit sometimes complementary, languages of Prodi and D'Alema, which go beyond populism and open new political perspectives. Through these and other examples we examine the role of political language in a changing Italy
Government (linguistics · Language politics · Linguistics · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2023 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |