Controversy as News Discourse

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Cramer, Peter A. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Σειρά: Argumentation Library, 19
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Logic.; Applied linguistics.; Applied Linguistics.

This book presents a constitutive approach to controversy based on a discourse analysis of news texts, focusing on the role of journalists as participants who shape public controversy for readers. Drawing data from the Reuters Corpus, the project identifies formulas that journalists use in reporting...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgements
• 1. Introduction:  Where is Controversy?
• 2. Controversies and Texts
• 3. Genres of Controversy:  The Philosophical Dialogue and the News Article
• 4. Controversy as an Event Category
• 5. Reporting Controversy in Constructed Dialogue
• 6. Locations of Controversy
• Bibliography
• Index.