The rise of political polarization within western societies has been portrayed by events such
as the United States Capitol riot or the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union. In …

The objective of this research is to explore the political discourse of West European right-
wing populist leaders in the perspective of pernicious polarization, focusing on their …

Covert identity signals permit the communication of group membership to ingroup members
while avoiding potentially costly detection by members of other groups. If individuals are …

To study how languages are learned, experimental researchers have developed precisely
controlled methods whereby participants learn and get tested on artificial language systems …

We present an empirical demonstration that people rely on linguistic valence as a direct cue
to a speaker's group membership. Members of the US voting public judge positive words as …

An underexplored aspect of the abundant linguistic data available for computational
analysis is the potential for conducting large-scale comparative analyses between different …

Speaker identity is one of the factors that might play a role in the realisation of sounds.
Previous studies have observed that phonetic variations, alongside the formation of …

In comparative analyses of discourses that reflect particular cultural identities, it is often
necessary to differentiate superficial distinctions that arise primarily as cultural markers from …

An increasing number of events across the world have been a warning for democracy
stability in established democratic countries. Events such as Hungary's prime minister Viktor …

We define political extremism as a duality of internal ideology and external performance and
explore whether its performative component on digital platforms is associated with greater …