International News Reporting : Metapragmatic metaphors and the U-2.
Title:
International News Reporting : Metapragmatic metaphors and the U-2.
Author:
Verschueren, Jef.
ISBN:
9789027279590
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (117 pages)
Series:
Pragmatics & Beyond
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 -- 4. A CASE STUDY: DATA AND COMMENTS -- 4.0. Introduction -- 4.1. May 6th -- 4.1.1. Article 1 (front page) -- 4.1.2. Article 2 (front page) -- 4.1.3. Article 3 (front page) -- 4.1.4. Article 4 -- 4.1.5. Article 5 -- 4.1.6. Further comments -- 4.2. May 7th -- 4.2.1. Article 6 (front page) -- 4.2.2. Article 7 (front page) -- 4.2.3. Article 8 (front page) -- 4.2.4. Further comments -- 4.3. May 8th -- 4.3.1. Article 9 (front page) -- 4.3.2. Article 10 (front page) -- 4.3.3. Article 11 (front page) -- 4.3.4. Further comments -- 4.4. May 9th -- 4.5. May 10th to May 12th -- 4.6. May 13th to May 16th -- 4.7. May 17th -- 4.7.1. Article 17 (front page) -- 4.7.2. Article 18 (front page) -- 4.7.3. Related articles -- 4.7.4. Comments -- 4.8. May 18th to May 20th -- 5. A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS -- 5.0. Introduction -- 5.1. News reporting and truth -- 5.2. News reporting and interpretation -- 5.3. News reporting and understanding -- 5.4. Misunderstanding: Whose responsibility? -- FOOTNOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
Abstract:
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 the incident as a communicative event is evaluated along the dimensions of factual truth, interpretational accuracy, and understanding.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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