Evaluation and stance in war news : a linguistic analysis of American, British and Italian television news reporting of the 2003 Iraqi war /

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Imprint:London : Continuum, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 216 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Corpus and discourse. Research in corpus and discourse
Corpus and discourse. Research in corpus and discourse.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11285444
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Other authors / contributors:Haarman, Louann.
Lombardo, Linda.
ISBN:9781441169549
1441169547
1282875647
9781282875647
9781441182425
144118242X
9781847061768
1847061761
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
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Summary:In a world in which advanced communication technologies have made the reporting of disasters and conflicts (also in the form of breaking news) a familiar and 'normalised' activity, the information we present here about television news reporting of the 2003 war in Iraq has implications that go beyond this particular conflict. Evaluation and Stance in War News functions as a tool kit for the critical evaluation of language in the news, both as raw data in need of interpretation and as carefully packaged products of 'information management' in need of 'unpacking'. The chapters offer an array of t.
Other form:Print version: Evaluation and stance in war news. London : Continuum, ©2009 9781847061768