Italian Political Language During the Covid-19 Pandemic crisis. The Hybridisation between Gentese and Burocratese in the Populist Incantatory Obscurity Cover Image

Il linguaggio politico italiano durante la crisi pandemica da Covid-19. L’ibridazione tra gentese e burocratese nell’oscurità incantatoria populista
Italian Political Language During the Covid-19 Pandemic crisis. The Hybridisation between Gentese and Burocratese in the Populist Incantatory Obscurity

Author(s): Nicola Guerra
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: Italian political language;gentese;politichese;

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the Italian political language during the recent Covid-19 crisis, examining its key characteristics and its mechanisms of linguistic obscurity. The Italian political language during the pandemic crisis has been analysed in relation to politichese, gentese and burocratese. The analysis identifies new hybrid mechanisms of linguistic obscurity.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 292-305
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Italian