Immigration has become in the recent years a major
concern for politicians in Spain; very conservative
political parties, as the one studied in this paper,
have projected a negative image of it.
One of the general aims of Critical Discourse
Analysis is to critically analyze the use of language
of those who employ their socio-political position in
order to impose their own ideologies and opinions to
a general audience.
This paper looks at the political discourse produced
by Fernando Cantalapiedra, National Head of a very
conservative Spanish political party, called La
Falange. In an attempt to produce a multimethodical
and multitheoretical view, it combines the most
relevant theories of CDA (Van Dijk 's socio-cognitive
approach, Wodak and Reisigl 's argumentation
theory, and Grice 's theory of the Cooperative
Principle) to critically analyze the most prominent
ideological structures underlying a negative attitude
towards immigrants or immigration and the discourse
strategies used to promote them.
The work is meant for anyone with an interest in
political discourse and immigration as well as for an
academic audience.
concern for politicians in Spain; very conservative
political parties, as the one studied in this paper,
have projected a negative image of it.
One of the general aims of Critical Discourse
Analysis is to critically analyze the use of language
of those who employ their socio-political position in
order to impose their own ideologies and opinions to
a general audience.
This paper looks at the political discourse produced
by Fernando Cantalapiedra, National Head of a very
conservative Spanish political party, called La
Falange. In an attempt to produce a multimethodical
and multitheoretical view, it combines the most
relevant theories of CDA (Van Dijk 's socio-cognitive
approach, Wodak and Reisigl 's argumentation
theory, and Grice 's theory of the Cooperative
Principle) to critically analyze the most prominent
ideological structures underlying a negative attitude
towards immigrants or immigration and the discourse
strategies used to promote them.
The work is meant for anyone with an interest in
political discourse and immigration as well as for an
academic audience.