International news reporting : metapragmatic metaphors and the U-2 / Jef Verschueren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verschueren, Jef.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; 6:5.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0166-6258 ; 6:5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign news--United States.

Foreign news.

American newspapers--Language.

American newspapers.

U-2 Incident, 1960.

Metaphor.

New York times.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 109 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

INTERNATIONAL NEWS REPORTING: Metapragmatic Metaphors and the U-2; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; 1. THE FREE PRESS AS INEVITABLE TARGET; 1.0. Introduction; 1.1. The event; 1.2. The reporting; 1.3. The uptake; 1.4. Two predictions and a moral; 2. LINGUISTS AND THE MEDIA: ELEMENTS OF A CIRCUS TRIAL; 2.0. Introduction; 2.1. Jalbert, Shaba, Time, and Newsweek; 2.2. Like-minded judges; 2.3 Relevant questions; 3. A CASE STUDY: THE TOPIC; 3.0. Introduction: The U-2 incident; 3.1. Metapragmatic terms; 3.2. Metapragmatic metaphors; 3.3. The topic

4. A CASE STUDY: DATA AND COMMENTS 4.0. Introduction; 4.1. May 6th; 4.1.1. Article 1 (front page); 4.1.2. Article 2 (front page); 4.1.3. Article 3 (front page); 4.1.4. Article 4; 4.1.5. Article 5; 4.1.6. Further comments; 4.2. May 7th; 4.2.1. Article 6 (front page); 4.2.2. Article 7 (front page); 4.2.3. Article 8 (front page); 4.2.4. Further comments; 4.3. May 8th; 4.3.1. Article 9 (front page); 4.3.2. Article 10 (front page); 4.3.3. Article 11 (front page); 4.3.4. Further comments; 4.4. May 9th; 4.5. May 10th to May 12th; 4.6. May 13th to May 16th; 4.7. May 17th

4.7.1. Article 17 (front page); 4.7.2. Article 18 (front page); 4.7.3. Related articles; 4.7.4. Comments; 4.8. May 18th to May 20th; 5. A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; 5.0. Introduction; 5.1. News reporting and truth; 5.2. News reporting and interpretation; 5.3. News reporting and understanding; 5.4. Misunderstanding: Whose responsibility?; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-35915-4

9786613359155

90-272-7959-4

OCLC:

301068873