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Author Verschueren, Jef.

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

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

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 109 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Pragmatics & beyond, 0166-6258 ; VI:5
Pragmatics & beyond ; VI:5. 0166-6258
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-105).
Contents INTERNATIONALNEWS 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.
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. The framing of.
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Subject New York times.
New York times.
New York times.
U-2 Incident (1960)
New York times.
Foreign news -- United States.
Foreign news.
United States.
American newspapers -- Language.
American newspapers -- Language.
American newspapers.
U-2 Incident, 1960.
Metaphor.
Metaphor.
Chronological Term 1960
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Verschueren, Jef. International news reporting. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1985 (DLC) 86011768 (OCoLC)13642792
ISBN 9789027279590 (electronic book)
9027279594 (electronic book)
0915027917 (U.S. ; paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780915027910 (U.S. ; paperback ; alkaline paper)