Defining 'Eastern Europe' A Semantic Inquiry into Political Terminology /

• Main Author: Twardzisz, Piotr (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Semantics.; Lexicology.; Cognitive grammar.; Russia-History.; Europe, Eastern-History.; Corpora (Linguistics).; Pragmatics.; Lexicology/Vocabulary.; Cognitive Linguistics.; Russian, Soviet, and East European History.; Corpus Linguistics.

This book offers a linguistic-semantic analysis of the expression 'Eastern Europe' in international English-language media discourse and academic discourse. Interdisciplinary in nature, it provides insights beyond semantics and lexicology, commenting on the politics, history, economy and c...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Western Perspectives and Vantage Points
• Chapter 2: Historical Events and Developments
• Chapter 3: Problematic Terms and Concepts
• Chapter 4: Dominant Themes and Geographic Components
• Chapter 5: Current Data and Statistics
• Chapter 6: Meanings and Interpretations
• Chapter: 7 Semantic Primes and Definitions.