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1 online resource (viii, 109 pages) : illustrations |
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Pragmatics & beyond, 0166-6258 ; VI:5 |
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Pragmatics & beyond ; VI:5. 0166-6258
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| Contents |
INTERNATIONALNEWS REPORTING: Metapragmatic Metaphors and the U-2; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; 1. THE FREE PRESS AS INEVITABLE TARGET; 1.0. Introduction; 1.1. The event; 1.2. The reporting; 1.3. The uptake; 1.4. Two predictions and a moral; 2. LINGUISTS AND THE MEDIA: ELEMENTS OF A CIRCUS TRIAL; 2.0. Introduction; 2.1. Jalbert, Shaba, Time, and Newsweek; 2.2. Like-minded judges; 2.3 Relevant questions; 3. A CASE STUDY: THE TOPIC; 3.0. Introduction: The U-2 incident; 3.1. Metapragmatic terms; 3.2. Metapragmatic metaphors; 3.3. The topic |
| Summary |
With reference to a brief description of inherent properties of the international news reporting process in a free press tradition, Verschueren criticizes their being neglected in linguistic approaches to the language of the media. In an attempt to illustrate the potential contribution of functional linguistic analyses to a better understanding of the printed media as a channel for international communication, he investigates the use of metapragmatic metaphors (in particular metaphorical verbs of speaking) in the reporting by The New York Times on the U-2 incident in May 1960. The framing of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-105) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| SUBJECT |
New York times. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002041097
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New York times fast |
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Foreign news -- United States
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American newspapers -- Language
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U-2 Incident, 1960.
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Metaphor.
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Metaphor
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metaphor.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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American newspapers -- Language
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Foreign news
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Metaphor
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
86011768 |
| ISBN |
9789027279590 |
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9027279594 |
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1283359154 |
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9781283359153 |
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9786613359155 |
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6613359157 |
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