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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300592603321

Autore

Twardzisz Piotr

Titolo

Defining 'Eastern Europe' : A Semantic Inquiry into Political Terminology / / by Piotr Twardzisz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319773742

3319773747

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 259 p.)

Disciplina

401.43

Soggetti

Semiotics

Lexicology

Psycholinguistics

Russia - History

Europe, Eastern - History

Soviet Union - History

Computational linguistics

Pragmatics

Lexicolopgy / Vocabulary

Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics

Russian, Soviet, and East European History

Computational Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Western Perspectives and Vantage Points -- Chapter 2: Historical Events and Developments -- Chapter 3: Problematic Terms and Concepts -- Chapter 4: Dominant Themes and Geographic Components -- Chapter 5: Current Data and Statistics -- Chapter 6: Meanings and Interpretations -- Chapter: 7 Semantic Primes and Definitions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a linguistic-semantic analysis of the expression 'Eastern Europe' in international English-language media discourse and academic discourse. Interdisciplinary in nature, it provides insights



beyond semantics and lexicology, commenting on the politics, history, economy and culture of the region. Its thorough analysis of 'Eastern Europe' as a linguistic entity, surrounded and affected by other linguistic entities, allows for a systematic description of the term's linguistic 'behaviour' in specialist written discourse. The author measures the 'quantity' and 'quality' of 'Eastern Europe' in specialist discourse, painting a holistic picture of how it appears in English-language quality texts published in the last twenty-five years. This book will appeal to students and scholars of cognitive linguistics, semantics, lexicology and lexicography, and to specialists working on history, political theory and international relations as they relate to Eastern Europe.