Oppositions and Ideology in News Discourse

by Matt Davies

Book Overview

Constructed opposition has proved as viable an area of research as traditional antonymy, and a useful tool in looking at ideologically orientated texts. This book investigates how binary oppositions are constructed discursively and the potential ideological repercussions of their usage in news reports in the British press.

The focus is particularly on the positive presentation of groups and individuals subsumed under the first person plural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472571819
• ISBN13: 9781472571816
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"