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Language and the Complex of Ideology A Socio-Cognitive Study of Warfare Discourse in Britain
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Language and the Complex of Ideology [electronic resource] : A Socio-Cognitive Study of Warfare Discourse in Britain / by Mohamed Douifi.
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9783319765471
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Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
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XIII, 221 p. 11 illus., 9 illus. in color : online resource.
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This book undertakes a systematic analysis of the workings of ideology in discourse, using an interdisciplinary approach that links language, cognition and society. Through examination of two corpora - a collection of British newspaper articles and a set of political speeches - the author examines Britain's involvement in the Iraq War (2003), and critically assesses the language practices which constructed a pro-war ideology under Tony Blair's premiership. Drawing on a constellation of concepts from van Dijk's socio-cognitive model, this book carries out both qualitative and quantitative analyses and conceptualises discourse as a nonlinear, highly discursive and socio-cognitive phenomenon. This innovative work will appeal to students and scholars of Cognitive Linguistics, Quantitative Linguistics, Social Constructivism, Critical Discourse Analysis, Political Sciences and Communication Studies.
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English
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July 02, 2018
Series
Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Basic Theoretical Insights on Ideology and Discourse Analysis
Chapter 3: Contemporary Orientations in Discourse Studies
Chapter 4: The Anglo-Iraqi Relationships: A historical overview
Chapter 5: Blair’s Foreign Policy Discourse on Iraq
Chapter 6: The Discursive Construction of the Iraq War in the British ‘Quality’ Press
Chapter 7: Conclusion.
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