Language and the Complex of Ideology
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.
| Autor: | Douifi, Mohamed |
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| ISBN: | 9783319765464 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 221 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 10.07.2018 |
| Untertitel: | A Socio-Cognitive Study of Warfare Discourse in Britain |
| Schlagworte: | Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) Iraq war Political discourse Tony Blair ideology language, cognition and society media discourse newspapers social cognition |
Mohamed Douifi is Lecturer in British Studies at the Department of English, University of Algiers -2, Algeria. His research interests are Critical Discourse Studies and Cultural Theory with a focus on studying how knowledge, power, and ideology are packaged in the micro and macro structures of language.