Discourses of Discrimination
Language aggression in the construction of otherness
Special issue of the Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 14:1 (2026)
Editors
[Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict, 14:1] Expected May 2026. v, 145 pp.
Publishing status: In production
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Table of Contents
- Discourses of discrimination: Language aggression in the construction of othernessAngeliki Alvanoudi & Marianthi Georgalidou | pp. 1–11
- (Re)contextualizing the ‘anti-woke’ discourse: Attitudes towards gender-inclusive language in English and French on X (formerly Twitter)Paige Johnson | pp. 12–34
- Excluding the migrant Other via resistance and inclusion: The case of the Greek anti-racist short film JafarRania Karachaliou | pp. 35–56
- Hegemonic femininity, femonationalism and the far-right: Boris Johnson’s textual representation of the burka and his rise to power in the UKCamila Montiel-McCann | pp. 57–77
- Conventionalized impoliteness formulae in third-party assessments: Uniting offenders against (national) othersAngeliki Alvanoudi | pp. 78–97
- “I’ll throw acid on your pretty little face […], so wrote a genteel fanatic antifeminist”: The discursive management of male gender‑driven aggression by eminent Greek female autobiographers of the 19th and early and mid‑20th centuryOurania Hatzidaki | pp. 98–122
- Discourses of discrimination against sex workers: Analysing (banal) whorephobia through stancetaking in YouTube commentsChristos Sagredos & Evelin Nikolova | pp. 123–145
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