The Language of Brexit

Introduction
1. "The EU isn't much cop but...": Remain supporters' use of coordinative
constructions
2. Hedging and modality versus strident claims and apparent absence of doubt
3. More to imperatives than meets the eye
4. Inclusive we, the former City broker as champion of the common man, and good old
Bojo: how the pro-Brexit press created the illusion of a classless alliance
5. Democracy myths and facts: a double defeat for David Cameron
6. "Free": a little word that did a big job for Brexit
7. Nominalization, presupposition and naturalization
8. The language of racism lite, and not so lite
9. Comparison with the Scottish independence referendum of 2014: how Project Fear
worked in 2014 but not in 2016
10. Leave's appointment with history and Remain's another day at the office
11. Little Englanders or reaching out to the world beyond Europe? Comparison with the
1975 referendum on remaining a member of the European Economic Community
12. From "Up Yours Delors" (1990) to "Stick it up your Juncker" (2016). Was it The Sun
what done it once again?
13. Dirty Tricks: lies, personal attacks and 'the Queen supports UKIP'
14. The Day After: How could this happen?
15. The issue that would not go away: the General Election of 2017
Epilogue
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