Navigating Brexit through fear An appraisal analysis of
2016–2024 British Prime Ministerial discourse

J 2025

Navigating Brexit through fear An appraisal analysis of 2016–2024 British Prime Ministerial discourse

DIANOVÁ, Simona a Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Navigating Brexit through fear An appraisal analysis of 2016–2024 British Prime Ministerial discourse

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DIANOVÁ, Simona a Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ

Vydání

Journal of Language and Politics, JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 2025, 1569-2159

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.600 v roce 2024

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Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

fear-based appeals; discourse; appraisal theory; Brexit; United Kingdom

Štítky

EV_FSS25, online first

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 13. 4. 2026 11:01, Mgr. Petra Trembecká, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Addressing a highly intriguing question of the persistence of fear-based appeals in the Brexit context, the article provides the first comprehensive longitudinal analysis of such discourse in the British Prime Ministerial communication on Brexit across the post-referendum period (2016–2024). It draws on and adapts Lazarus’ appraisal theory of emotion and combines content analysis with the Discourse Historical Approach in Critical Discourse Analysis, applied to a large, multi-genre dataset. The study shows that fear did not dissipate after the referendum but evolved and was strategically redeployed across successive leaderships. While May and Johnson used a more confrontational and populist rhetoric, Sunak adopted a more technocratic and policy-oriented variant — yet fear remained a subtle but powerful element through the period. The analysis advances existing scholarship by demonstrating how emotional rhetoric adapts to changing political contexts and leadership styles and offering a broader perspective on the discursive instrumentalisation of fear.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1665/2024, interní kód MU

Název: Perspektivy evropské integrace v kontextu globální politiky VII

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Perspektivy evropské integrace v kontextu globální politiky VII

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2025_JLANPOL_Dianova__Brusenbauch_Meislova.pdf

Citovat

DIANOVÁ, Simona a Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ. Navigating Brexit through fear An appraisal analysis of 2016–2024 British Prime Ministerial discourse. Journal of Language and Politics. JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 2025, 36 s. ISSN 1569-2159. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25151.dia.

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DIANOVÁ, Simona a Monika BRUSENBAUCH MEISLOVÁ. Navigating Brexit through fear An appraisal analysis of 2016–2024 British Prime Ministerial discourse. \textit{Journal of Language and Politics}. JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 2025, 36 s. ISSN~1569-2159. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.25151.dia.

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