Martin Montgomery
List of John Benjamins publications in which Martin Montgomery is involved.
2026 Chapter 2. Trump’s superlatives, his discursive absolutism, and the changing character of the public sphere Practising Stylistics: Essays in Honour of Paul Simpson, Neary, Clara, Simon Statham and Peter Stockwell (eds.), pp. 24–35 | Chapter
Building on work by Simpson (2003, 2023) and Montgomery (1999, 2017, 2020), in this chapter Martin Mongomery analyses the language of Donald Trump as a means of developing the application of validity claims to specific public utterances. Montgomery argues for the ongoing relevance of work by… read more
2020 Populism in performance? Trump on the stump and his audience Journal of Language and Politics 19:5, pp. 733–765 | Article
Much commentary on the discourse of Donald Trump’s populist appeal has tended to focus on his use of Twitter, to the relative neglect of his campaign rallies. Yet his campaign rallies during the presidential election were arguably crucial for delivering the votes which secured his victory.… read more
2017 Post-truth politics? Authenticity, populism and the electoral discourses of Donald Trump Right-Wing Populism in Europe & USA: Contesting Politics & Discourse beyond ‘Orbanism’ and ‘Trumpism’, Wodak, Ruth and Michał Krzyżanowski (eds.), pp. 619–639 | Article
This paper focuses on aspects of the discourse of Donald Trump during his campaign for the U.S. Presidency. It argues that, although we can undoubtedly identify aspects of authoritarian populism in his campaign discourse, its appeal rested on more than its content. Indeed, although significant… read more
2011 Chapter 2. The accountability interview, politics and change in UK public service broadcasting Talking Politics in Broadcast Media: Cross-cultural perspectives on political interviewing, journalism and accountability, Ekström, Mats and Marianna Patrona (eds.), pp. 33–56 | Chapter
2005 Television news and narrative: How relevant are narrative models for explaining the coherence of television news? The Sociolinguistics of Narrative, Thornborrow, Joanna and Jennifer Coates (eds.), pp. 239–260 | Article