International News Reporting
Metapragmatic metaphors and the U-2
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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.
[Pragmatics & Beyond, VI:5] 1985. viii, 105 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface
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1. The Free Press as Inevitable Target | p. 1
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1.0. Introduction
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1.1. The event
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1.2. The reporting
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1.3. The uptake
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1.4. Two predictions and a moral
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2. Linguists and the Media: Elements of a Circus Trial | p. 9
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2.0. Introduction
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2.1. Jalbert, Shaba, Time, and Newsweek
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2.2. Like-minded judges
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2.3. Relevant questions
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3. A Case Study: The Topic | p. 33
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3.0. Introduction: The U-2 incident
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3.1. Metapragmatic terms
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3.2. Metapragmatic metaphors
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3.3. The topic
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4. A Case Study: Data and Comments | p. 41
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4.0. Introduction
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4.1. May 6th
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4.2. May 7th
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4.3. May 8th
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4.4. May 9th
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4.5. May 10th to May 12th
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4.6. May 13th to May 16th
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4.7. May 17th
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4.8. May 18th to May 20th
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5. A Functional Analysis | p. 93
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5.0. Introduction
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5.1. News reporting and truth
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5.2. News reporting and interpretation
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5.3. News reporting and understanding
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5.4. Misunderstanding: Whose responsibility?
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Footnotes | p. 101
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Index | p. 107
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Subjects
Linguistics
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General