Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and tables vii
4. Notes on contributors ix
5. Preface xii
6. Acknowledgements xv
7. Introduction: Legitimisation strategies for a de-legitimised political world 1
8. Part I The role of legitimisation in institutional contexts
9. CHAPTER 1 Education and political socialisation in contemporary China: From institutional discourse to teaching materials 25
10. CHAPTER 2 Smoothing processes in United Nations discourse on violence against women: A diachronic perspective 42
11. CHAPTER 3 Who calls whom a populist? A pragmatic analysis of the uses of populism(s) and populist(s) in French and Spanish parliamentary debates 60
12. CHAPTER 4 The Brexit saga: Stancetaking, control and identity in political discourse 78
13. Part II Legitimisation and new media
14. CHAPTER 5 Political discourse and the new media: New architectures of communication 103
15. CHAPTER 6 Meaning-making in Trump’s anti-Biden political campaign commercials: Multimodal perspective 123
16. Part III Legitimisation strategies and conceptualisation
17. CHAPTER 7 A critical analysis of figurative language in the political discourse of conflict in Africa 147
18. CHAPTER 8 The card metaphor ‘play the X card’ as a social practice and its pragmatic functions 167
19. CHAPTER 9 Metaphors and political arguments in environmental debates: ‘Our house is still on fire’ 187
20. CONCLUDING REMARKS Towards Legitimisation Studies in contemporary crises 204
21. Index 215