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Interdisciplinary journal exploring the interplay between language and politics: https://benjamins.com/catalog/jlp
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Yunyou Wang reviews Genevieve Guenther’s @oxfordacademic.bsky.social ‘The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It’

👉 Review: dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25113.wan
👉 Book: bit.ly/3XefTWz
Book cover: "The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It"
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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George Newth reviews Teun Van Dijk’s @universitypress.cambridge.org ‘Discourse and Ideologies of the Radical Right’

👉 Review: dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25050.new
👉 Book: bit.ly/4hXkHt1
Book cover: "Discourse and Ideologies of the Radical Right"
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 (𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-)𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦⁣
by Seongcheol Kim⁣
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👉 dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24041.kim
Article: The (anti-)political logic of authoritarian institutionalism
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫⁣
by Patrick McCurdy, Kaitlin Clarke and Bart Cammaerts⁣
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👉 dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24126.mcc
Article: From social awareness to authoritarian other
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬⁣
by Rosa Giménez-Moreno and Eusebio V. Llàcer⁣
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👉 dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24103.gim
Article: Exploring the evolution of the concept of liberty in the U.S. presidential inaugurals
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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“𝐖𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞”⁣
by Mark Dehlsen, Agni Kalfagianni and Carole-Anne Sénit⁣

👉 dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24040.deh
Article: “We pursue justice”
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Stephen Coleman reviews Cornelia Ilie’s @johnbenjamins.bsky.social ‘Manufacturing Dissent: Manipulation and counter-manipulation in times of crisis’

👉 Review: dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24253.zen
👉 Book: bit.ly/43ANH3H
Book cover: Manufacturing Dissent: Manipulation and counter-manipulation in times of crisis
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Xinyi Zeng & Gaoqiang Lu review Isabel Íñigo-Mora & Cristina Lastres-López’s @springernature.com 'Discourse Approaches to an Emerging Age of Populist Politics’

👉 Review: dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24253.zen
👉 Book: bit.ly/3Ld8vrL
Book cover: Discourse Approaches to an Emerging Age of Populist Politics
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐞-𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧⁣
by Elena Negrea-Busuioc, Oana Ștefăniță and Diana-Maria Buf⁣
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👉 dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.22010.neg
Article: Romania’s first female prime minister’s meme-ification
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲⁣
by Jorge Ramos-González⁣
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👉 dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.23193.ram
Article: Populism and contingency
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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𝐅𝐚𝐫-𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥⁣
by Ana Larissa Oliveira, Tímea Drinóczi and Monique Vieira Miranda⁣
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👉 dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.23120.oli
Article: Far-right discourse in Brazil
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝⁣
by Ariane Bélanger-Vincent⁣
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👉 dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.22185.bel
Article: The power of old ideas newly expressed
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞⁣
by Juliane House, Dániel Z. Kádár, Tadej Todorović, Matjaž Klemenčič, David Hazemali, Tomaž Onič and Katja Plemenitaš⁣
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👉 dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24036.hou
Article: Capturing power in diplomatic language use
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Shufan Guo and Zhongqing He review Adnan Ajšić’s
@routledgebooks.bsky.social
‘Modeling Metalinguistic Discourse and Language Ideologies’

👉 Review: doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25230.guo
👉 Book: bit.ly/4nUlFsn
Book cover: Modeling Metalinguistic Discourse and Language Ideologies
October 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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‘𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭’
by Justyna A. Robinson, L. Alan Winters, Rhys J. Sandow, Sandra Young & Caitlin Hogan⁣
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👉 dx.doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24178.rob
Article: We're saying that we trust them but really we don't
October 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧: 𝐀 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚⁣⁣
by Hongjie Dong, Dewei Che & Adams Bodomo⁣⁣
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👉 doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24212.don
Article: Traditional beliefs as target and weapon
October 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬⁣
by Ivan Nikolovski⁣
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👉 doi.org/10.1075/jlp.24229.nik
Article: 𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬⁣
October 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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‘𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 & 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬’, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐬⁣
by Justin Bonest Phillips & Andrea Carson⁣

👉 doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25013.phi
Article: ‘𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 & 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬’, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐬⁣
October 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM