This essay overviews the body of research known as political discourse analysis (PDA). I
begin by situating this work within the linguistic and political turns that took place in the latter …

1.1 Background Iran has been at the centre of numerous international controversies since its
1979 Revolution and the establishment of the Islamic Republic. Strong anti-colonial, anti …

In the early 1990s, false reports of Iraqi soldiers in Kuwait allowing premature infants to die
by removing them from their incubators helped to justify the Persian Gulf War, just as …

Dealing with offenders on a daily basis as it has been my job as a prosecutor (Amtsanwältin)
for many years made me realise that a large percentage of them are ordinary people like …

The article investigates the political cartoon construction of two majorplayers' on the
contemporary political stage, and the semio-linguistic and visual rhetorical tools used to …

The Normalization of War in Israeli Discourse, 1967-2008, by Dalia Gavriely-Nuri opens a
window to how Israelis talk, write, and think about war. In the post-World War II period, Israel …

This article describes a cultural approach to critical discourse analysis (CCDA) which aims
at exposing the various ways in which cultural codes are embedded in discourse, and …

Terrorist attacks can be seen as the ultimate wicked problem. After 9/11, terrorists moved
from so-called 'spectacular'events to relatively low-intensity attacks against individuals and …

Combining peace studies, cultural studies and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), this study
demonstrates a Cultural approach to Critical Discourse Analysis (CCDA) of political peace …

Barack Obama's' A More Perfect Union'speech, given amidst public outcry over statements
made by his pastor, Reverend Jeremy Wright, brought the questions of race and racism to …