Aneinander vorbeireden: politics and youth language in Germany

Authors

  • Vincenzo Gannuscio Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
  • Silvia Palermo University of Naples L’Orientale

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/germanica.v0i31.9215

Keywords:

youth language, political language, spoken language, German politics, German youth and politics

Abstract

Electoral turnout figures reveal that in recent years young voters have shown a strong disaffection with politics, which could be explained by the increasing lack of communication between them and the political class. By examining some strate­gies adopted by German politicians to approach young people and by addressing the characteristics of young people’s language, the paper will first focus on an interview with Angela Merkel by woman YouTuber Ischtar Isik. To ascertain whether the language used in the interview by this young influencer truly represents her usual way of speaking, a second document will be analysed, in which Ischtar, this time as interviewee, deals with general topics. Conclusions will be drawn based on the data resulting from the comparison between the two interviews.

Author Biographies

Vincenzo Gannuscio, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia

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Silvia Palermo, University of Naples L’Orientale

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Published

2022-06-07

How to Cite

Gannuscio, V. and Palermo, S. (2022) “Aneinander vorbeireden: politics and youth language in Germany”, ANNALI. SEZIONE GERMANICA. Rivista del Dipartimento di Studi Letterari, Linguistici e Comparati dell’Università degli studi di Napoli L’Orientale, (31), pp. 199–228. doi: 10.6093/germanica.v0i31.9215.

Issue

No. 31 (2021): Annali. Sezione germanica

Section

Special issue articles

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