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UNINA9910452443003321 |
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Titolo |
Textual choices in discourse [[electronic resource] ] : a view from cognitive linguistics / / edited by Barbara Dancygier, José Sanders, Lieven Vandelanotte |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-15121-1 |
9786613776716 |
90-272-7386-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (204 p.) |
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Collana |
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Benjamins current topics, , 1874-0081 ; ; v. 40 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DancygierBarbara |
SandersJosé |
VandelanotteLieven <1978-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Discourse analysis |
Cognitive grammar |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"The selection of papers presented here was originally published in 2010 as a special issue (3.2) of the journal English Text Construction." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Textual Choices in Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introductory remarks; Illusions of simplicity; 1. Material problems; 2. Cognitive tools; 3. Cognitive analysis of visual poetry; 3.1 Untitled poem; 3.2 "Water Poem #5"; 4. Cognitive conclusions; 5. Literary connections; Notes; References; Author's address; Alternativity in poetry and drama; 1. Alternativity and negation; 2. Negation and discourse on the stage; 3. Alternativity in poetic discourse; 3.1 Alternative stances; 3.2 Frame evocation and refutation; 3.3 Alternativity and blending |
3.4 Alternativity of or-constructions4. Alternativity and poetic effects; Notes; References; Author's address; Joint attention, To the Lighthouse, and modernist representations of intersubjectivity; 1. Introduction; 2. Joint attention; 3. Two strategies; 4. Thematizing joint attention; 4.1 Joint attention in To the Lighthouse; 4.2 The reader's eye; 4.3 Think of a kitchen table; Notes; References; Author's address; 'Where am I, |
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lurking in what place of vantage?'; 1. Introduction; 2. Dimensions of distance in The Book of Evidence and The Sea |
3. 'What a business it is, the human discourse'. Metalinguistic distance4. 'Demand, did I?' Distancing speech representation; 5. Metafictional distance and acts of name-giving; 6. The situation of discourse in The Book of Evidence; 7. Decompression and distanced perspective; 7.1 Freddie's "inner sergeant": Decompression in The Book of Evidence; 7.2 'Lurking in what place of vantage?' Distanced perspective in The Sea; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Primary data; References; Author's address; Intertwined voices; 1. Theoretical background; 2. Case study; 2.1 Method; 2.2 Results |
3. Close study of sample excerpts across news genres4. Mental spaces of sources and their function; 5. Conclusion and discussion; Notes; References; Author's address; Unrealistic scenarios, metaphorical blends and rhetorical strategies across genres; 1. Introduction; 2. Unrealistic scenarios and rhetorical strategies: Two examples; Example 1: Neural networks and intertwined octopi; Example 2: European Monetary Union and trains with multiple engines; 3. Unrealistic scenarios and metaphorical blends; 3.1 The octopus game as a metaphorical blend, and genre |
3.2 The EMU train as a metaphorical blend, and genre4. Conclusions; Notes; References; Author's address; LIFE IS MUSIC; 1. Introduction; 2. MUSIC IS LIFE; 3. LIFE IS MUSIC; 4. Rhetorical development of the Life and Music blend; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; Data sources with abbreviations used; Author's address; Two puzzle pieces; 1. Introduction; 2. Blending Theory; 3. Construction Grammar; 3.1 NP is a NP construction; 3.2 It's like NP construction; 4. Discourse context & the constructions; 5. Metaphors & similes in radio news magazine discourse; 6. The radio news magazine genre |
7. Constructions in discourse context |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In recent years, research in cognitive linguistics has expanded its interests to cover a variety of texts - spoken, written, or multimodal. Analytical tools such as conceptual metaphor, frame semantics, mental spaces and grammatical constructions have been productively applied in various discourse contexts. In this volume, originally published as a special issue of English Text Construction 3:2 (2010), the contributors, a mix of established and emerging authors in the field, analyse broadcast and print journalism, argumentative scientific discourse, radio lectures on music, and the main |
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