Buch, Englisch, Band VI:5, 105 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 190 g
Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond
Metapragmatic metaphors and the U-2
Buch, Englisch, Band VI:5, 105 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 190 g
Reihe: Pragmatics & Beyond
ISBN: 978-90-272-2547-4
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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.
