Event-construal in press reports of violence in political protests : a cognitive linguistic approach to CDA

Hart, Christopher (2013) Event-construal in press reports of violence in political protests : a cognitive linguistic approach to CDA. Journal of Language and Politics, 12 (3). pp. 400-423. ISSN 1569-2159

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Abstract

In this paper I extend the scope of the Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) by incorporating Langacker's model of Cognitive Grammar in a critical analysis of press reports of violence in two political protests. In doing so, I address issues recently raised against CDA concerning cognitive equivalence. The paper presents an analysis of the alternative conceptualisations of violence invoked in online reports from The Telegraph vs. The Guardian of two recent political protests. Systematic differences in construal are found across several parameters of conceptualisation, including schematization and various ‘focal adjustments', which, it is suggested, represent potential sites of ideological reproduction.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Language and Politics
Additional Information:
Journal of Language and Politics 12:3 (2013), 400-423. doi 10.1075/jlp.12.3.05har issn 1569–2159 / e-issn 1569–9862 © John Benjamins Publishing Company. The publisher should be contacted for permission to re-use or reprint the material in any form.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200
Subjects:
?? critical discourse analysiscognitive grammarpolitical protestspsychology(all)sociology and political sciencelinguistics and languagehistorysocial sciences(all)arts and humanities(all) ??
ID Code:
65841
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Deposited On:
05 Aug 2013 09:56
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Yes
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Published
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09 Mar 2024 00:31