Framing Discourse on the Environment - A Critical Discourse Approach.

Alexander, Richard J.:

ISBN 10: 0415991234 / ISBN 13: 9780415991230

Published by New York, London: Routledge, 2009

About this Item

239 S. fine condition Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.

Seller Inventory # 422093

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Framing Discourse on the Environment - A Critical Discourse Approach.
• Publisher: New York, London: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415991234
• ISBN 13: 9780415991230
• Binding: 8° , Hardcover
• Edition: first edition.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 1200 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Wissenschaft

About this title

Synopsis

In this study, Richard Alexander presents a series of original and empirically based case studies of the language and discourse involved in the discussion of environmental and ecological issues. Relying upon a variety of different text types and genres – including company websites, advertisements, press articles, speeches and lectures – Alexander interrogates how in the media, press, corporate and activist circles language is employed to argue for and propagate selected positions on the growing ecological crisis. For example, he asks: How are ecological and environmental concerns articulated in texts? What do we learn about ecological ‘problems’ through texts from differing sources? What language features accompany ecological discourse in differing contexts and registers? Attention is especially directed at where this discourse comes into contact with business, economic and political concerns.

About the Author

Richard J. Alexander, Full Professor of English Business Communication at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Publications include Aspects of Verbal Humour in English and New International Business English (co-author Leo Jones).