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Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective

Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective

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General ReferenceLinguisticsGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 1032393122
ISBN13: 9781032393124
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 29 2023
Pages: 116
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective shows how language influences mechanisms of cognition, perception, and belief, and by extension its power to manipulate thoughts and beliefs.

This exciting and original work is the first to apply cognitive linguistics to the analysis of political lies and conspiracy theories, both of which have flourished in the internet age and which many argue are threatening democracy. It unravels the verbal mechanisms that make these different truths so effective and proliferative, dissecting the verbal structures (metaphor, irony, connotative implications, etc.) of a variety of real-life cases concerning politicians, conspiracy theorists, and influencers. Marcel Danesi goes on to demonstrate how these linguistic structures switch on or switch off alternative mind worlds.

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