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- Provides a template for other researchers aiming to describe the linguistic characteristics of large written data sets
- Grounds a highly theoretical approach in the very concrete, well-known and accessible example of the BP Deepwater Horizon crisis of 2010
- Integrates theory, data analysis and critique to analyze the fragmented, diverse and unbounded language used by the media in the coverage of a crisis
Part of the book series: Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse (PSDS)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Written Language and Semiotics
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A Barthesian Conceptualisation of Written Language
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A Peircean Conceptualisation of Written Language
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Concluding Thoughts
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About this book
Reviews
“This important book marks a new departure in contemporary discourse analysis. Simultaneously deploying and extending semiotic theory, it traces convincingly how a media event passes from factual description to symbolic shorthand. By integrating theory, data analysis and critique in a strikingly innovative way, Gravells provides an exciting model for a new path of investigation which will enrich enquiry across a range of disciplines and at all levels of research.” (Guy Cook, Professor of Language in Education, King's College London, UK)
“Jane's engaging book helps us to understand the way people make sense of extreme events such as a business crisis over time. She argues for the concept of a spiral of representation that moves from supposed Iconic representation, through an Indexical to a Symbolic stage and back to a new 'naturalised' Icon. Her original application of semiotic models to news media discourse offers scholars new ways of conceptualizing, analysing and interpreting written as well as multimodal texts.” (Judith Baxter, Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics, Aston University, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
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Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Jane Gravells
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Semiotics and Verbal Texts
Book Subtitle: How the News Media Construct a Crisis
Authors: Jane Gravells
Series Title: Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58750-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-58748-0Published: 06 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95456-8Published: 12 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-58750-3Published: 27 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-5990
Series E-ISSN: 2946-6008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 272
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Discourse Analysis, Media Studies, Communication Studies, Sociolinguistics, Semiotics, Media and Communication