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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:

  • English language - standardization
  • Language and Languages - political aspects
  • Press and politics
  • 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:

  • language and politics
Be certain to combine terms in the databases below to find more precisely what you need. Also, you don't want to be searching through large sets of search results. See Advanced Searching Tips for suggestions.

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-
Hyphens (-) in MLA Bibliography do make a difference to your search results.

Search ERIC using:
  • 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

Language Research Topics | How to do Research | English Language & Literature

Content: Naomi Lederer