Discourse Studies in Public Communication
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
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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PrefaceAndreas Musolff | pp. vii–viii
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Introduction: Discourse analysis and public communicationEliecer Crespo-Fernández | pp. 1–12
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Part I. Political discourse studies
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Chapter 1. Imagining the nation in British politicsRuth Breeze | pp. 15–38
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Chapter 2. Political and journalistic discourse regarding the Catalan declaration of independence: A critical analysisLuis Escoriza Morera | pp. 39–58
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Chapter 3. National vs international cartoons depicting Catalonia’s independence process in the press: A critical multimodal metaphor approachMaría Muelas-Gil | pp. 59–82
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Chapter 4. A corpus-assisted qualitative approach to political discourse in Spanish print and digital pressGérard Fernández Smith | pp. 83–102
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Chapter 5. Persuasive discourse in Daniel Defoe’s political essays: Boosting and hedgingRosa María López-Campillo | pp. 103–128
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Chapter 6. Politics beyond death? An analysis of the obituaries of Belgian politiciansPriscilla Heynderickx and Sylvain Dieltjens | pp. 129–148
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Part II. Gender and sexuality discourse studies
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Chapter 7. It all comes down to sex: Metaphorical animalisation in reggaeton discourseMaría José Hellín García | pp. 151–176
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Chapter 8. Cyberbullying and gender: Exploring socially deviant behavioural practices among teenagers on TwitterAntonio García-Gómez | pp. 177–198
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Chapter 9. A visual critical discourse analysis of women representation in Dolce & Gabbana advertisingMaría Martínez Lirola | pp. 199–218
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Chapter 10. Let’s talk about sex in high school: The TV series Sex EducationRaquel Sánchez Ruiz | pp. 219–242
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Part III. Business and academic discourse studies
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Chapter 11. Paralinguistic resources in persuasive business communication in English and SpanishAna M. Cestero Mancera and Mercedes Díez Prados | pp. 245–272
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Chapter 12. Business discourse from a psycholinguistic approachCarmen Varo Varo | pp. 273–296
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Chapter 13. Compensatory discourse strategies in the bilingual university classroomMary Griffith | pp. 297–320
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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).
Subjects & Metadata
Communication Studies
Sociology
BIC Subject: CFG – Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
BISAC Subject: LAN009030 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics