Language and Security

The monograph builds upon the securitization theory of the Copenhagen School. The authors carry out research on the imposition of security threats using linguistic methods and focus on pressing social issues such as migration, the war in Ukraine, public health issues, economic crisis, and other 'pre-election' populist topics.

Monograph focuses on the analysis of securitizing speech acts produced by major actors in Slovak public discourse, primarily left and right populists. In the case studies attention is centered on the nature of produced utterances, especially at the lexical level, with an emphasis on speech tactics and discourse strategies. With these intentions in mind, the researchers investigate how alleged threats are verbalized, which linguistic devices the producers of threat articulations most frequently employ in presenting them, and what persuasive effects can result from their usage. The authors also focused their research on metaphors and used the tools of corpus linguistics in their analysis. This research falls within the fields of political linguistics and linguistic pragmatics. In their analyses, the authors focus on pressing social issues such as migration, the war in Ukraine, public health issues, economic crisis, and other 'pre-election' populist topics.

Autorentext

Doc. Mgr. Irina Dulebová, PhD. holds a PhD and a habilitation in Slavonic Studies. Her main research interests are political linguistics and media linguistics. She is the joint author of the monograph Language and Politics (2017) and the textbook Political Linguistics (2021). Doc. PhDr. Radoslav tefan ík, MPol. Ph.D. holds a PhD and a habilitation in Political Science. His main research interests are politology and political linguistics. He is the joint author of the monograph The Language of the right-wing extremists (2019) and the textbook Political Linguistics (2021). Doc. Mgr. Nina Cingerová, PhD. holds a PhD and a habilitation in Slavonic Studies. Her main research interests are political and media linguistics. She is the joint author of the monograph Language and Conflict (2019) and the textbook Political Linguistics (2021).

Inhalt

I. Securitization Theory of the Copenhagen School from the Perspective of Discourse Analysis and Political Linguistics
II. Employing the Tools of Corpus Linguistics in the Analysis of Securitization Discourse
III. Speech Acts of ubo Blaha as a Prototype of the Securitization Strategies of Leftist Populism
IV. Conflictogenic metaphors in Robert Fico's securitization discourse
V. Migration as a Topic of Securitization Discourse in Slovakia