Cover not available

In:Structuring Variation in Romance Linguistics and Beyond: In honour of Leonardo M. Savoia
Edited by Mirko Grimaldi, Rosangela Lai, Ludovico Franco and Benedetta Baldi
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 252] 2018
► pp. 337–350

Get fulltext from our e-platform
JBE logo with link
PDF logo with download linkDownload Book PDF
authorization required

Chapter 23
Lexical-semantic analysis of the political language

Studies between 1960 and 1980

 | D’Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara
Published online: 19 December 2018
DOI logo with link
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.252.23des
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the studies on political language produced between 1960 and 1980. This is a very important period for research in this area, as it marks a significant development of lexical-semantic analysis concerning linguistic corpora, which are essential to the history of Europe. The speeches by the protagonists of the French Revolution, the totalitarian languages, the messages by last century parties and leaders, as well as the dictionaries and different political lexicon adopted by East and West Germany are notably the favoured subjects for semantic in-depth analysis, to understand the significant connotations and meaning effects.
Article outline
  • 1.Aspects and trends
  • 2.The French Revolution language and beyond
  • 3.The totalitarian languages and the discursive styles of leaders and party movements
  • 4.The political language of the two Germanies
  • Notes
  • References
References (96)
References
Badura, Bernhard. 1971. Sprachbarrieren. Zur Soziologie der Kommunikation. Stuttgart: Frommann.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Barat, Michel. 1971. Le vocabulaire des ennemis de la Commune. Du 28 mai 1871 au mois de juin 1872 à travers les teste des comptes rendus des conseils de guerre. La Pensée 156: 52–67.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Barny, Robert. 1978. Mots et choses chez les hommes de la révolution française. La Pensée 202: 96–115.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Bartholmes, Herbert. 1964. Das Wort “Volk” im Sprachgebrauch der SED. Düsseldorf: Schwann.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1966. Das Wort “Parteigenosse” im Sprachgebrauch der Arbeiterbewegung. Muttersprache 76: 148–153.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1968. Das Wort “Genosse” samt seiner Zusammensetzungen im Sprachgebrauch der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung. Muttersprache 78: 193–222.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1970. Bruder, Bürger, Freund, Genosse und andere Wörter der sozialistischen Terminologie.Wortgeschichtliche Beiträge. Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Battistini, Andrea. 1976. Lingua e oratoria nei volantini della Resistenza bolognese. In L’Emilia Romagna nella guerra di liberazione, IV: Crisi della cultura e dialettica delle idee. Atti del Convegno (Bologna, 2–5 aprile 1975), Annamaria Andreoli, (ed.), 331–364. Bari: De Donato.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Bergsdorf, Wolfgang. 1978. Die Sprache der Diktatur und ihre Wörter. Zur Technik nationalsozialistischer und kommunistischer Sprachlenkung. Deutschland Archiv 11(12): 1299–13l3.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Betz, Werner. 1960. Der zweigeteilte Duden. Der Deutschunterricht 12(5): 82–98.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Blanchard, Marc Eli. 1980. Saint-Just & Cie. La Révolution et les mots. Paris: Nizet.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Bork, Siegfried. 1970. Missbrauch der Sprache. Tendenzen nationalsozialistischer Sprachregelung. Bern: Francke.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Carofiglio, Vito. 1975. La “langue de la liberté”. Notes sur le langage politique de Marat. In Le langage politique de la Révolution française, Vito Carofiglio (ed.), 5–18. Milano: CUESP.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Cerroni, Umberto. 1978. Lessico gramsciano. Roma: Editori Riuniti.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Cillán Apalategui, Antonio. 1970. El léxico político de Franco en las Cortes Españolas. Zaragoza: Imprenta Tipo-Línea.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Cobet, Christoph. 1973. Der Wortschatz des Antisemitismus in der Bismarckzeit. München: Fink.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Cofrancesco, Dino. 1978. Un’analisi del Dizionario di Politica. Il Politico 43(1): 106–138.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Cotteret, Jean-Marie & Moreau, René. 1969. Le vocabulaire du Général De Gaulle. Analyse statistique des allocutions radiodiffusées 1958–1965. Paris: Armand Colin.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Cotteret, Jean-Marie, Eméri, Claude, Gerstlé, Jacques & Moreau, René. 1976. Giscard d’Estaing / Mitterand. 54 774 mots pour convaincre. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
De Mattei, Rodolfo. 1976. Sapienza, sapere, saviezza e prudenza nel Machiavelli. Lingua nostra 37(1–2): 14–17.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
De Mauro, Tullio. 1958. Il significato di ‘democrazia’. Il Ponte 14: 40–47. Ristampa 1971. In Senso e significato. Studi di semantica teorica e storica, 228–238. Bari: Adriatica.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Desideri, Paola. 2009. Origini e sviluppi delle analisi e delle teorie sul linguaggio politico (1920–1960). Linguistica 49(2): 41–53.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Desideri, Paola & Marcarino, Aurelia. 1980. Testualità e tipologia dei discorso politico. Bibliografia. Roma: Bulzoni.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Dieckmann, Walther. 1964. Information oder Űberredung. Zum Wortgebrauch der politischen Werbung in Deutschland seit der Franzötsischen Revolution. Marburg: Elwert.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1967. Kritische Bemerkungen zum sprachlichen Ost-West-Problem. Zeitschrift für deutsche Sprache 23(3): 136–165.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1969. Sprache in der Politik. Einführung in die Pragmatik und Semantik der politischen Sprache. Heidelberg: Winter.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Drigeard, Gabrielle, Geffroy, Annie, Laplace, Roselyne, Tournier, Maurice & Wagner, Robert-Léon. 1977. Vocabulaire socio-politigue de 1770 à 1814. Matériaux pour l’histoire du vocabulaire français, 2ᵉ série, Vol. 11. Paris: Klincksieck.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Dubois, Jean. 1962. Le vocabulaire politique et social en France de 1869 à 1872. A travers les œuvres des écrivains, les revues et les journaux. Paris: Larousse.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1969. Lexicologie et analyse d’énoncé. Cahiers de Lexicologie 15: 115–126.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Enzi, Aldo. 1971. Il lessico della violenza nella Germania nazista. Bologna: Pàtron.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Faye, Jean Pierre. 1964. Langages Totalitaires: Fascistes et Nazis. Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie 36: 75–100.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1972a. Langages totalitaires. Critique de la raison l’économie narrative. Paris: Hermann.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1972b. Théorie du récit. Introduction aux ‘langages totalitaires’. Paris: Hermann.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Geffroy, Annie. 1973. L’étendue du vocabulaire chez Hébert et Robespierre. Cahiers de Lexicologie 22: 96–107.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1974. Formes de base et forms spécifiques dans le discours robespierriste. Cahiers de Lexicologie 25: 96–136.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1980. Trois successeurs de Marat pendant l’été 1793: Analyse lexicométrique des spécificités. Mots 1: 167–187.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Gerstlé, Jacques. 1979. Le langage des Socialistes. Paris: Stanké.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Glimm, Gesine. 1961. Die Kampfsprache Lenins. Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas 9: 511–540.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Guilhaumou, Jacques. 1975. ‘Moment actuel’ et processus discursifs. Le ‘Père Duchesne’ d’Hébert et le ‘Publiciste de la République française’ de Jacques Roux (14 juillet – 6 septembre 1793). Bulletin du Centre d’Analyse du Discours de 1’Université de Lille III 2: 147–173.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1980. La mise en scène de l’anglais dans le Père Duchesne d’Hébert (juillet 1793 – février 1794). Le jacobinisme à 1’épreuve du paradoxe. Komparatistische Hefte 2: 102–115.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Guilhaumou, Jacques, Maldidier, Denise, Prost, Antoine & Robin, Régine. 1974. Langages et idéologies. Le Discours comme objet de l’Histoire, Paris: Les Éditions Ouvrières.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Harnisch, Anna. 1974. Zur Analyse des Inhalts politischer Fachwörter. Zeitschrift für Phonetik, Sprachwissenschaft und Kommunikationsforschung 27(1–3): 65–72.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Hellmann, Manfred (ed.) 1973. Zum öffentlichen Sprachgebrauch in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und in der DDR. Methoden und Probleme seiner Erforschung. Düsseldorf: Schwann.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Ihlenburg, Karl Heinz. 1964. Entwicklungstendenzen des Wortschatzes in beiden deutschen Staaten. Weimarer Beiträge 10(3): 374–397.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Jäger, Siegfried. 1970. Linke Wörter. Einige Bemerkungen zur Sprache der APO. Muttersprache 80: 85–105.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Jurgensen, Manfred. 1970. Die Sprache im zweigeteilten Duden. Zeitschrift für deutsche Sprache 26: 42–59.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Klemperer, Victor. 1946. LTI. Die unbewältigte Sprache. Aus dem Notizbuch eines Philologen. Darmstadt: Melzer.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Krauss, Werner. 1970a. Patriote, patriotique, patriotism am Ende des Ancien Régime. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 19(3–4): 79–83.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1970b. Zur Bedeutunggsentwicklung von “révolution”. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 19(3–4): 87–90.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Labbé, Dominique. 1977. Le discours comuniste. Paris: Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1980. Le discours comuniste. Revue Française de Science Politique 30(1): 46–77.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Lange, Gerhard. 1968. Sprachform und Sprechform in Hitlers Reden. Muttersprache 78: 342–349.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Lantella, Lelio. 1973a. La lotta delle parole. Appunti su una campagna elettorale. Il Politico 38(1): 33–72.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1973b. La lotta delle parole. Appunti su una campagna elettorale. Parte seconda: problemi di quantificazione. Il Politico 38(2): 244–279.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Lazzari, Giovanni. 1975. Le parole del fascismo. Roma: Argileto editori.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Leclerc, Jacques. 1973. Vocabulaire politique et répression politique: Un exemple indonésien. Annales (E.S.C.) 28(2): 407–428.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Leso, Erasmo. 1970. Il ‘cittadino’ nel triennio rivoluzionario (1796–1799). Lingua nostra 31(4): 111–117.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1973. Aspetti della lingua del fascismo. Prime linee di una ricerca. In Storia linguistica dell’Italia nel Novecento, Atti del V Convegno Internazionale di Studi della Società di Linguistica Italiana (Roma 1–2 giugno 1971), Maurizio Gnerre, Mario Medici & Raffaele Simone (eds), 139–158. Roma: Bulzoni.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1976. Lingua politica alla fine del Settecento: Storia di “moderato”. Lingua nostra 37(1–2): 1–7.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Leso, Erasmo, Cortelazzo, Michele A., Paccagnella, Ivano & Foresti, Fabio. 1977. La lingua italiana e il fascismo, Introduzione di Luigi Rosiello. Bologna: Consorzio Provinciale Pubblica Lettura.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Loewer, Uwe. 1975. Die deutsche Sprache in der DDR. Ein Klotz am rechten Bein der BRD – Sprachwissenschaft. Linguistische Berichte 38: 81–105.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Mancuso, Josy. 1975. Les chansons révolutionnaires (1789–1794). Bulletin du Centre d’Analyse du discours de 1’Université de Lille III 2: 87–102.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Medici, Mario. 1976. Sui francesismi politici e rivoluzionari del periodo giacobino in Italia. Archivio Glottologico Italiano 61: 193–199.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Moser, Hugo. 1962. Die sprachlichen Folgen der politischen Teilung Deutschlands. Düsseldorf: Schwann.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Mueller, Claus. 1973. The Politics of Communication. A Study in the Political Sociology of Language, Socialization, and Legitimation. Oxford: OUP.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Noack, Rudolf. 1970. Zum sozialen und politischen Wortschatz bei Jules Vallès. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 19(3–4): 209–214.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Orioles, Vincenzo. 1979. Il termine ‘compagno’ nella storia del movimento operaio. Gli anni della prima internazionale (1864–1876). Officina dello storico 1: 107–115.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Pelster, Theodor. 1966. Die politische Rede im Westen und Osten Deutschlande. Vergleichende Stiluntersuchungen mit beigefügten Texten. Düsseldorf: Schwann.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Pisarczyk, Karl. 1969. Der Euphemismus. Politische Sprache in DDR und BRD. Krankfurter Hefte 24(2): 107–116.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
von Polenz, Peter. 1967. Sprachpurismus und Nationalsozialismus. In AA.VV., Germanistik – eine deutsche Wissenschaft, 111–160. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
von Proschwitz, Gunnar. 1966. Le vocabulaire politique au XVIIIᵉ siècle avant et après la Révolution. Scission ou continuité? Le Français Moderne 34(2): 87–102.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Quasthoff, Uta. 1973. Soziales Vorurteil und Kommunikation. Eine sprachwissenschaftliche Analyse des Stereotyps. Frankfurt: Athenäum.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Rebollo Torío, Miguel Ángel. 1975. El lenguaje de la derecha en la 2ª República. Valencia: Fernando Torres.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1978. Lenguaje y política. Introducción al vocabulario político republicano y franquista 1931–1971. Valencia: Fernando Torres.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Reich, Hans H. 1968. Sprache und Politik. Untersuchungen zu Wortschatz und Wortwahl des offiziellen Sprachgebrauchs in der DDR. München: Hueber.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Renaudie, Jean-Luc. 1975. Le “Courrier” de Gorsas (4 août 1792 – 11 août 1792). Bulletin du Centre d’Analyse du Discours de l’Université de Lille III 2: 103–115.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Robin, Régine (ed.). 1973. Histoire et linguistigue. Paris: Colin.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Roche, Jean. 1979. Deux candidats, deux styles: Valéry Giscard d’Estaing et François Mitterand. (élections présidentielles, mai 1974). Travaux de Linguistique et de Literature 17(1): 273–290.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Roegele, Otto B. (ed.). 1972. Kleine Anatomie politischer Schlagworte. Osnabrück: Fromm.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Römer, Ruth. 1964. Das Motiv der Bewegung in der Sprache der SED. Wirkendes Wort 14: 170–183.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Ruetsch, Pierre. 1975. Le “Courrier” de Gorsas (25 mai 1793 – 31 mai 1793). Bulletin du Centre d’Analyse du Discours de l’Université de Lille III 2: 117–145.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Schippan, Thea. 1967. Die beiden deutschen Staaten und die Sprache. Der Deutschunterricht 20(1): 8–18.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Schubert, Arne & Hellmann, Manfred W. 1968. Duden aus Leipzig und Mannheim. Deutsche Studien 23: 248–263.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Siccardo, Francesco. 1978. La lingua politica nell’“Ancien Régime” (1660–1789). Progetto lessicografico. Annali della Facoltà di Scienze Politiche Università di Genova, 4–5: 439–495.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Simonini, Augusto. 1978. Il linguaggio di Mussolini. Milano: Bompiani.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Singer, Aaron. 1976. Campaign Speeches of American Presidential Candidates. New York NY: Ungar.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Šklovskij, Viktor, Tynjanov, Jurij N. et al.. 1970. Sprache und Stil Lenins. Berlin: Volk und Welt.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Slakta, Denis. 1971. Esquisse d’une théorie lexico-sémantigue pour une analyse d’un texte politique (Cahiers de doléances). Langages 23: 87–134.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Vardar, Berke. 1973. Structure fondamentale du vocabulaire social et politique en France, de 1815 à 1830. Instanbul: Imprimerie de la Faculté des Lettres.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Violi, Patrizia. 1973. Il linguaggio di Lotta Continua. Versus 6: 105–126.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
von Weiss, Andreas. 1974. Schlagwörter der Neuen Linken. Die Agitation der Sozialrevolutionäre. München: Olzog.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Winckler, Lutz. 1970. Studie zur gesellschaftlichen Funktion faschistischer Sprache, Frankfurt: Suhrkamp.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Zimmermann, Hans Dieter. 1969. Die politische Rede. Zum Sprachgebrauch Bonner Politiker. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Zolli, Paolo. 1964. Retrodatazioni di francesismi settecenteschi. Lingua Nostra 25(1): 11–17.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1965. Francesismi nel linguaggio politico italiano alla fine del ‘700. Lingua Nostra 26(1): 16–19.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
. 1980. Luigi Einaudi e la lingua italiana. Lingua Nostra 41(2–3): 89–99.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
Cited by (1)

Cited by one other publication

Desideri, Paola
2021. Principali studi morfosintattici sulla lingua politica nel ventennio 1960-1980. Linguistica 61:2 ► pp. 49 ff. DOI logo

This list is based on CrossRef data as of 22 november 2025. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.

Mobile Menu Logo with link to supplementary files background Layer 1 prag Twitter_Logo_Blue