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With language it is possible to lie and disguise, manipulate and deceive. Populist language has repeatedly been cited as an example of such negatively affected language. Populists are seen as manipulative demagogues who "create fear", present themselves as a homogeneous group, radically exclude other groups, and claim sole interpretative authority on all subjects. The aim of this study is to examine the extent to which populists really differ linguistically from other politicians, whether there is such a thing as a language of populists. In addition, the study deals with the question of how it is possible or appropriate to speak with populists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]