Table 3

Discourse apparatus detecting polarization

Discourse apparatus detecting polarizationExplanation
Categorization/polarization of groupsUsing discourse units as immigrants, Democrats, Republicans, etc. This is a necessary step paving the way for topicalizing and describing us/them
TopicalizationTopicalizing (bringing in the topic position) our goodness/their badness
Actor descriptionOur description (positive) against theirs (negative)

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