Michiel Leezenberg
List of John Benjamins publications in which Michiel Leezenberg is involved.
Articles
2017 Discursive violence and responsibility: Notes on the pragmatics of Dutch populism Contemporary Discourses of Hate and Radicalism across Space and Genres, Kopytowska, Monika (ed.), pp. 243–270 | Article
This chapter discusses the discursive strategies of the Freedom Party (PVV), a contemporary Dutch populist and Islamophobic party. After tracing its ideological roots to mainstream liberalism rather than earlier forms of extreme right political movements, I will discuss its discourse about Muslims.… read more
2017 Chapter 6. Free speech, hate speech, and hate beards: Language ideologies of Dutch populism Language and Violence: Pragmatic perspectives, Silva, Daniel N. (ed.), pp. 141–168 | Chapter
This paper explores the discourse and verbal strategies of the Dutch ‘Freedom Party’ (PVV), an islamophobic populist party that emerged in the first decade of the twenty-first century. In particular, it focuses on the linguistic ideologies implicit in PVV discourse, arguing that PVV spokespersons… read more
2015 Discursive violence and responsibility: Notes on the pragmatics of Dutch populism Contemporary Discourses of Hate and Radicalism across Space and Genres, Kopytowska, Monika (ed.), pp. 200–228 | Article
This article discusses the discursive strategies of the Freedom Party (PVV), a contemporary Dutch populist and Islamophobic party. After tracing its ideological roots to mainstream liberalism rather than earlier forms of extreme right political movements, I will discuss its discourse about Muslims.… read more