Polarised Discourse - Language, Cognition and Social Practice

About the author

Isabel Alonso-Belmonte, M. Dolores Porto and Manuela Romano, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain.

Summary

Polarisation, the ideological positioning at extreme ends of a continuum actively combating opposite views, is a major concern these days as it spreads beyond the political sphere and permeates public discourse on current socio-political issues. Critical socio-cognitive approaches to discourse analysis provide excellent conceptual and analytical tools to examine such a complex phenomenon. The chapters in this volume explore and identify the most common polarisation strategies for ideological positioning in a variety of contexts, such as climate change, abortion, and gender, as well as in a wide range of digital media, including blogs, social media, corporate websites, and forums.

Product details

• Assisted by: Isabel Alonso-Belmonte (Editor), M. Dolores Porto (Editor), Manuela Romano (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 09.02.2026
• EAN: 9783111555737
• ISBN: 978-3-11-155573-7
• No. of pages: 350
• Weight: 500 g
• Illustrations: 10 b/w and 11 col. ill., 22 b/w and 12 col. tbl., schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Tabellen, farbig, farbige Illustrationen, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Critical Approaches in Applied Linguistics [CRITAL]
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Kognition, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Social Practice, Soziale Praxis, Multimodalität, Cognition, Polarisierung, Polarization, Digital Discourse, Digitaler Diskurs