Critical discourse studies in context and cognition / edited by Christopher Hart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hart, Christopher.

Series:

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 43.

Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture (DAPSAC), 1569-9463 ; v. 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Critical discourse analysis.

Cognitive grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) is an exciting research enterprise in which scholars are concerned with the discursive reproduction of power and inequality. However, researchers in CDS are increasingly recognising the need to investigate the cognitive dimensions of discourse and context if they want to fully account for any connection between language, legitimisation and social action. This book presents a collection of papers in CDS concerned with various ideological discourses. Analyses are firmly rooted in linguistics and cognition constitutes a major focus of attention. The chapters, whic

Contents:

Critical Discourse Studies in Context and Cognition; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; (Critical) Discourse analysis and pragmatics; Discourse, knowledge, power and politics; Constraining context; Axiological proximization; Critical discourse analysis and cognitive linguistics as tools for ideological research; Analyzing lesbian identity in discourse; The ideological construction of European identities; Moving beyond metaphor in the cognitive linguistic approach to CDA

Effective vs. epistemic stance and subjectivity in political discourse

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613280541

9781283280549

128328054X

9789027285102

9027285101

OCLC:

748242116