LEADER 04591nam 22006375 450 001 9910151580803321 005 20251030105645.0 010 $a9781137597311 010 $a1137597313 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-59731-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000951882 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-59731-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4743987 035 $a(Perlego)3506024 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000951882 100 $a20161115d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Language of Fear $eCommunicating Threat in Public Discourse /$fby Piotr Cap 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XII, 91 p. 5 illus.) 311 08$a9781137597298 311 08$a1137597291 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a- Chapter 1: Cognitive, social and psychological issues of public discourse and threat communication -- Chapter 2: Proximization: A threat-based model of policy legitimization -- Chapter 3: Health discourse: The war on cancer and beyond -- Chapter 4: Environmental discourse: Climate change -- Chapter 5: Technological discourse: Threats in the cyber-space -- Chapter 6: Immigration and anti-migration discourses: The early rhetoric of Brexit -- Chapter 7: Conclusion. 330 $a?Cap?s book establishes Proximization Theory firmly as a central methodological and theoretical focus of Critical Discourse Analysis. It provides a coherent framework and exemplary case studies for the analysis of persuasion through intimidation, which go far beyond traditional approaches to this crucial area of public discourse. It is essential reading not just for linguists but also for psychologists and social and political scientists.? ? Andreas Musolff, Professor, University of East Anglia, UK This book investigates linguistic strategies of threat construction and fear generation in contemporary public communication, including state political discourse as well as non-governmental, media and institutional discourses. It describes the ways in which the construction of closeness and remoteness can be manipulated in the public sphere and bound up with fear, security and conflict. Featuring a series of case studies in different domains, from presidential speeches to environmental discourse, it demonstrates how political and organizational leaders enforce the imminence of an outside threat to claim legitimization of preventive policies. It reveals that the best legitimization effects are obtained by discursively constructed fear appeals, which ensure quick social mobilization. The scope of the book is of immediate concern in the modern globalized era where borders and distance dissolve and are re-imagined. It will appeal to students and researchers in linguistics, discourse analysis, media communication as well as social and political sciences. Piotr Cap is Professor of Linguistics at the University of ?ód?, Poland. His interests are in pragmatics, critical discourse studies, political linguistics and genre theory. His publications include Perspectives in Politics and Discourse (2010),Proximization: The Pragmatics of Symbolic Distance Crossing (2013), Analyzing Genres inPolitical Communication (2013) andContemporary Critical Discourse Studies (2014). He is Managing Editor of International Review of Pragmatics. 606 $aLinguistics$xMethodology 606 $aPsycholinguistics 606 $aCommunication in politics 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aPolitical sociology 606 $aResearch Methods in Language and Linguistics 606 $aPsycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics 606 $aPolitical Communication 606 $aPublic Policy 606 $aPolitical Sociology 615 0$aLinguistics$xMethodology. 615 0$aPsycholinguistics. 615 0$aCommunication in politics. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 0$aPolitical sociology. 615 14$aResearch Methods in Language and Linguistics. 615 24$aPsycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics. 615 24$aPolitical Communication. 615 24$aPublic Policy. 615 24$aPolitical Sociology. 676 $a401.41 700 $aCap$b Piotr$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0751111 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910151580803321 996 $aThe Language of Fear$92523288 997 $aUNINA