Screen LibraryLanguage use in the public sphere : methodological perspectives and empirical applications /
This book comprises a range of general discussions on tradition and innovation in the methodology used in discourse studies (Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Argumentation Theory, Rhetoric, Philosophy) and a number of empirical applications of such methodologies in the analysis of actual instances of...
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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| Published: |
Peter Lang,
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| Publisher Address: | Bern : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Linguistic insights, studies in language and communication ;
v. 170 |
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| Summary: |
This book comprises a range of general discussions on tradition and innovation in the methodology used in discourse studies (Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Argumentation Theory, Rhetoric, Philosophy) and a number of empirical applications of such methodologies in the analysis of actual instances of language use in the public sphere - in particular, discourses arising in the context of the debate on the presence of religious symbols in public places. |
| Carrier Form: | 564 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783034312868 (paperback) : 3034312865 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | P301 |
| CLC: | H019 |
| Call Number: | H019/L287 |
| Contents: | Rhetoric and discourse analysis -- Trust and suspicion as principles of discourse analysis -- Metaphor and argumentative logic, a crossroads between philosophy and the language sciences -- A ver, what do we have? Bueno, it's no piece of cake. The challenge of translating conversational discourse markers -- The epideictic nature of prestige newspapers -- New perspectives in text analysis: introducing an integrated model of text linguistics -- The theory of argumentation within language and its application to discourse analysis -- The pragmatics of discourse in the public sphere -- Discourse, coherence, truth -- Reporting public manifestations of religious beliefs: Sikhs, Muslims and Christians in the British press -- The dialectic of identity-difference -- The crucifix and the court in Strasbourg: press reaction in Italy to a European court decision -- Craving face: the debate over the Islamic veil in Quebec as reflected by the discourse of three major political parties -- Public discourse on the Internet: interactive control of the integration debate in German -- The debate about the veil in the Spanish press. Boosting strategies and interactional metadiscourse the editorials of ABC and El Pai |