International News Reporting
Metapragmatic metaphors and the U-2
GBP
- Author(s): Jef Verschueren
- Format: PDF
- Publication Date January 1985
- e-Book ISBN: 9789027279590
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/pb.vi.5
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.
Related Topics:
Pragmatics
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