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Introduction In: Discourses of Discrimination: Language aggression in the construction of otherness
Edited by Angeliki Alvanoudi and Marianthi Georgalidou
[Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 14:1] 2026
► pp. 1–11

Introduction

Discourses of discrimination

Language aggression in the construction of otherness

ORCiD logo with link | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
ORCiD logo with link | University of the Aegean, Greece
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Article outline
  • 1.Why a special issue on othering
  • 2.The title, the questions, the agenda
  • 3.Methodological premises: A contemporary sociolinguistic approach to othering
  • 4.The structure of the issue and the papers included
  • Note
  • References
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