Political discourse in the media cross-cultural perspectives

Fetzer, Anita, 1958- (Added Author). Lauerbach, Gerda. (Added Author).

Summary: This book departs from the premise that political discourse is intrinsically connected with media discourse, as shaped by its cultural and transcultural characteristics. It presents a collection of papers which examine political discourse in the media from a cross-culturally comparative perspective in Arab, Dutch, British, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Israeli, Swedish, US-American and international contexts. By using different theoretical frameworks, such as conversation analysis, discourse analysis, pragmatics and systemic functional linguistics, the papers reflect current moves in polit.

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ISBN: 9789027254030 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9027254036 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9789027254030 (hb : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9027292272 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9789027292278 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 379 p.)
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Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007.

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General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Political Discourse in the Media; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; I. Introduction; II. From linguistic device to discourse practice; III. Discursive practice in political interviews; IV. Media events: From public address to election nights; Index; The series Pragmatics & Beyond New Series.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.