The Use of Volk in German and Austrian Manifestos for 2017 General Elec-tions: a Contrastive Analysis
Abstract
A scrutiny of the electoral manifestos of the different parties presenting candidacy for the past 2017 general elections in Germany and Austria reveals that the use of VOLK is not limited to populist parties. At this point the question arises whether VOLK always means the same either semantically or referentially, regardless of political party. More specifically, who is included and who is excluded in the term VOLK? By means of a quantitative and qualitative lexical analysis this paper focuses on this matter analyzing the manifestos of the parties that took part in the general elections of both countries.
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