This paper focuses on the argumentative role of derisive laughter in broadcast political debates. Using Discursive Psychology (DP) we analyse how politicians use as an resource multi-party interactions, form debates about UK and European Union. Specifically, explore both pro- anti-EU to manage issues who-knows-what who-knows-better. We demonstrate uses by focusing two discrete, yet pervasive, i...

This paper contributes to the study of social change by considering boundary work as a dimension of cultural change. Drawing on the computer-assisted qualitative analysis of 73 formal speeches made by Donald Trump during the 2016 electoral campaign, we argue that his political rhetoric, which led to his presidential victory, addressed the white working class's concern with their declining posit...