Language and Security

The Language of Securitization in Contemporary Slovak Public Discourse

Author: Agnieszka Uberman, Irina Dulebová, Nina Cingerová and Radoslav Štefančík Series: Studies In Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures And Cultures

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.

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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.

About the Author

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 Štefančík, 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).