International news reporting : metapragmatic metaphors and the U-2
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International news reporting : metapragmatic metaphors and the U-2
（Pragmatics & beyond : an interdisciplinary series of language studies, VI:5）
J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1985
- : U.S. : pbk.
- : European
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Bibliography: p. [103]-105
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Preface
- 2. 1. The Free Press as Inevitable Target
- 3. 1.0. Introduction
- 4. 1.1. The event
- 5. 1.2. The reporting
- 6. 1.3. The uptake
- 7. 1.4. Two predictions and a moral
- 8. 2. Linguists and the Media: Elements of a Circus Trial
- 9. 2.0. Introduction
- 10. 2.1. Jalbert, Shaba, Time, and Newsweek
- 11. 2.2. Like-minded judges
- 12. 2.3. Relevant questions
- 13. 3. A Case Study: The Topic
- 14. 3.0. Introduction: The U-2 incident
- 15. 3.1. Metapragmatic terms
- 16. 3.2. Metapragmatic metaphors
- 17. 3.3. The topic
- 18. 4. A Case Study: Data and Comments
- 19. 4.0. Introduction
- 20. 4.1. May 6th
- 21. 4.2. May 7th
- 22. 4.3. May 8th
- 23. 4.4. May 9th
- 24. 4.5. May 10th to May 12th
- 25. 4.6. May 13th to May 16th
- 26. 4.7. May 17th
- 27. 4.8. May 18th to May 20th
- 28. 5. A Functional Analysis
- 29. 5.0. Introduction
- 30. 5.1. News reporting and truth
- 31. 5.2. News reporting and interpretation
- 32. 5.3. News reporting and understanding
- 33. 5.4. Misunderstanding: Whose responsibility?
- 34. Footnotes
- 35. References
- 36. Index
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