"Spaniards do not want immigration and La Falange will fight for this"

Immigration has become in the recent years a major
concern for politicians in Spain; very conservative
political parties, as the one studied in this paper,
have projected a negative image of it.
One of the general aims of Critical Discourse
Analysis is to critically analyze the use of language
of those who employ their socio-political position in
order to impose their own ideologies and opinions to
a general audience.
This paper looks at the political discourse produced
by Fernando Cantalapiedra, National Head of a very
conservative Spanish political party, called La
Falange. In an attempt to produce a multimethodical
and multitheoretical view, it combines the most
relevant theories of CDA (Van Dijk 's socio-cognitive
approach, Wodak and Reisigl 's argumentation
theory, and Grice 's theory of the Cooperative
Principle) to critically analyze the most prominent
ideological structures underlying a negative attitude
towards immigrants or immigration and the discourse
strategies used to promote them.
The work is meant for anyone with an interest in
political discourse and immigration as well as for an
academic audience.

Autorentext
Gema Rubio Carbonero was born in Madrid, where she graduated in
English Studies at the Universidad Complutense followed by a
master in Language Studies at Lancaster University. She is
currently enrolled in the PhD programme at UPF in Barcelona. Her
research interests are Critical Discourse Analysis, especially
political discourse about immigration.

Klappentext
Immigration has become in the recent years a major concern for politicians in Spain; very conservative political parties, as the one studied in this paper, have projected a negative image of it. One of the general aims of Critical Discourse Analysis is to critically analyze the use of language of those who employ their socio-political position in order to impose their own ideologies and opinions to a general audience. This paper looks at the political discourse produced by Fernando Cantalapiedra, National Head of a very conservative Spanish political party, called La Falange. In an attempt to produce a multimethodical and multitheoretical view, it combines the most relevant theories of CDA (Van Dijk's socio-cognitive approach, Wodak and Reisigl's argumentation theory, and Grice's theory of the Cooperative Principle) to critically analyze the most prominent ideological structures underlying a negative attitude towards immigrants or immigration and the discourse strategies used to promote them. The work is meant for anyone with an interest in political discourse and immigration as well as for an academic audience.