Investigating Conflict Discourses in the Periodical Press

ISBN-13: 9783034336680 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 244 str.

Giuliana Elena Garzone; Mara Logaldo; Francesca Santulli

Opis

The book investigates conflict discourse in an interdisciplinary way, bringing together linguistics and periodical studies and highlighting the connection between language and ideology. It focuses on lexical choices and rhetorical devices used to tackle controversial issues.

Spis treści

Periodical press - Conflict discourses - Lexical choices and ideologies - Brexit - Populism - Diplomatic discourse - Health and food policies - Sports and politics - Sports violence and terrorism - Immigration - Arab women - Stereotypes - Arab spring - Legal periodical press in Belgium and Estonia

O autorze

Giuliana Elena Garzone is Full Professor of English, Linguistics and Translation at IULM University, Milan. Her research interests are mainly in ESP, which she has explored in a discourse analytical perspective, integrating it with corpus linguistics. She has co-ordinated several research projects and published extensively on legal, scientific and business discourse as well as on translation and interpreting.

Mara Logaldo (PhD in English Studies from the University of Genoa) is Assistant Professor of English Language and Translation at IULM, Milan, where she holds courses of ESP (English for public relations, media and specific academic purposes) and Audiovisual Translation. Her research interests include rhetoric and discourse analysis with a focus on media discourse.

Francesca Santulli is Full Professor of Linguistics at the University of Venice «Ca' Foscari». Her research has focused on various aspects of language and linguistics, ranging from history of linguistics to philology, from phonetics to language contact. She has published many articles and a book on the theoretical aspects of language change. She works extensively to examine scientific and legal communication with a rhetorical and discourse analytical approach, with special attention for themes connected to the social and medical implications of disabilities.