Discourse Studies in Public Communication

Editor

Eliecer Crespo-Fernández | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

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The collection of articles in Discourse Studies in Public Communication illustrates that public communication is a fascinating, evidence-based storehouse for research in discourse analysis. The contributions to this volume — in the spheres of political rhetoric, gender and sexuality, and corporate and academic communication — provide good evidence of contemporary social structure, social phenomena, and social issues. In this way, following the parameters of different analytical frameworks (critical discourse analysis, cognitive metaphor theory, appraisal theory, multimodality, etc.), the contributors address not only the linguistic aspects of texts but also, and more importantly, the cultural and cognitive dimensions of public communication in a range of real life communicative contexts and kinds of discourse. Although the volume is addressed, first and foremost, to readers with diverse interests in English linguistics, it may also prove valuable to scholars in other non-linguistic research fields like communication studies, social theory, political science, or psychology.

[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 92] 2021. viii, 323 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.92

Table of Contents

Preface

Andreas Musolff | pp. vii–viii

Introduction: Discourse analysis and public communication

Eliecer Crespo-Fernández | pp. 1–12

Part I. Political discourse studies

Chapter 1. Imagining the nation in British politics

Ruth Breeze | pp. 15–38

Chapter 2. Political and journalistic discourse regarding the Catalan declaration of independence: A critical analysis

Luis Escoriza Morera | pp. 39–58

Chapter 3. National vs international cartoons depicting Catalonia’s independence process in the press: A critical multimodal metaphor approach

María Muelas-Gil | pp. 59–82

Chapter 4. A corpus-assisted qualitative approach to political discourse in Spanish print and digital press

Gérard Fernández Smith | pp. 83–102

Chapter 5. Persuasive discourse in Daniel Defoe’s political essays: Boosting and hedging

Rosa María López-Campillo | pp. 103–128

Chapter 6. Politics beyond death? An analysis of the obituaries of Belgian politicians

Priscilla Heynderickx and Sylvain Dieltjens | pp. 129–148

Part II. Gender and sexuality discourse studies

Chapter 7. It all comes down to sex: Metaphorical animalisation in reggaeton discourse

María José Hellín García | pp. 151–176

Chapter 8. Cyberbullying and gender: Exploring socially deviant behavioural practices among teenagers on Twitter

Antonio García-Gómez | pp. 177–198

Chapter 9. A visual critical discourse analysis of women representation in Dolce & Gabbana advertising

María Martínez Lirola | pp. 199–218

Chapter 10. Let’s talk about sex in high school: The TV series Sex Education

Raquel Sánchez Ruiz | pp. 219–242

Part III. Business and academic discourse studies

Chapter 11. Paralinguistic resources in persuasive business communication in English and Spanish

Ana M. Cestero Mancera and Mercedes Díez Prados | pp. 245–272

Chapter 12. Business discourse from a psycholinguistic approach

Carmen Varo Varo | pp. 273–296

Chapter 13. Compensatory discourse strategies in the bilingual university classroom

Mary Griffith | pp. 297–320

Index | pp. 321–323

“Unquestionably, this edited volume has achieved the primary stated aim of exploring discourse studies in public communication. It is also well organised and easy to read by people who are interested in this field. Using a diverse range of theoretical and methodological frameworks, as well as various types of datasets, it provides in-depth analysis of public discourse. In brief, these articles shed light on more recent topics of research in discourse study, which will be expected to be a significant research area for years to come.”

Mashael Althobiti, Taibah University, on Linguist List 33.56 (10 January 2022).

“It presents not only the interrelation between public discursive events and social power and ideology, but also the transforming effect that can be brought about by them (Wodak and Meyer, 2015). Manifesting distinct features for public discourses, this volume will be of interest to scholars in both linguistics and non-linguistic research fields like communication studies, sociology, political science, or psychology.”

Linlin Song, University of Science and Technology Beijing, in Discourse Studies 23(5).

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2023. The Death Taboo: Euphemism and Metaphor in Epitaphs from the English Cemetery of Malaga, Spain. Languages 8:3 ► pp. 215 ff.

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