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Makkinga, Annemarije (2020)

Measuring Populist Discourse: a Comparative Stylistic Analysis of the Language Use of Politicians Thierry Baudet, Geert Wilders, Nigel Farage, and Boris Johnson

Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)
The thesis quantitatively measures the extent to which a selection of speeches of two Dutch and two UK politicians, Thierry Baudet, Geert Wilders, Nigel Farage, and Boris Johnson, contain lexical and grammatical indicators of a populist communication style.
populism
stylistic analysis
comparative
quantitative measurement
corpus linguistics
Author
Makkinga, Annemarije
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Supervisors
Elenbaas, Marion
ECTS Credits
10
Language
en