“’Siamo o non siamo europei? Brexit, lingua e migrazione”

L'articolo esplora la relazione tra brexit e migrazione attraverso l'analisi di un corpus di articoli tratti da www.times.co.uk e www.thesun.co.uk nel periodo 1 Aprile - 30 Settembre 2016 adottando un approccio di Critical Discourse Analysis. On 23rd June 2016, the United Kingdom voted on whether to remain a member of the European Union or to leave. The European Union referendum was a battle between competing visions of Britain’s place in the world, including the 19th century imperialist discourse of a so called “Anglosphere”. A British withdrawal from the EU has somehow changed Britain, the EU, the politics of Europe and the place of all three in the international system. Migration and EU migration policies have been key issues in the UK public debate and have distinguished between “Eurosceptic” − wishing to leave, or stay and reduce the EU’s powers − and “Europhiles” − wishing to remain or increase the EU’s power. To explore the relationship between Brexit and migration, as they have been dis- cussed in the public debate, this article compares articles published in a quality newspaper and in a tabloid. Specifically, it draws on a corpus of articles gathered from www.times.co.uk and www.thesun.co.uk in the period 1st April 2016- 30th September 2016 (roughly three months before and three months after the referendum day) coping with Brexit. In adopting a Critical Discourse Analysis approach, the article looks at how discourse on/about “brexit” are linked to those of the EU politics (and fears) of/about migration.