Language of Politics
This Web page gives recommendations of resources to use and the terms to search in them for topics related to language and politics. Language Research Topics has links to pages with suggestions for other language topics.
Search the online catalog SAGE using:
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English language - standardization
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Language and Languages - political aspects
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Press and politics
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Standard language
Search Academic Search Premier using:
- language and politics
- politics and literature
- language of politics
- English language government jargon
- political science terminology
- politics and government
- political oratory
- terms & phrases
- language usage
Search Article
First using:
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language and politics
Search Linguistics " Language Behavior Abstracts using:
- language planning
- language status
- political discourse
- language policy
- national languages
- language rights
- official languages
Search MLA
Bibliography (Modern Language Association) using:
- language
- politics- and language-
- relationship to politics-
- propaganda
Be sure to evaluate the sources you find. Use How to Evaluate Books and How to Evaluate Articles for suggestions of things to examine.
Note: CSU no longer subscribes to the index listed below, but the terms should work if your library has it:
Search Electric Library using:
- language and politics
- political communication
- political aspects of language
- political discourse
- official language
- language policy
Search Periodical Abstracts using:
- English Language
- politics