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Overview"This text offers a new way forward for highlighting language manipulation on behalf of lay-readers as well as for enhancing the interpretative authority of the analyst. It accomplishes this through the innovation of a model of lay-reader processing. The model is an original synthesis of elements from four contemporary cognitive frameworks - connectionism, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistic evidence on inference generation, relevance theory. Significantly, Kieran O'Halloran also shows how each of these frameworks challenges current notions of cognition in CDA and he carefully works through the implications of this for how CDA highlights language manipulation. The text: shows clearly how more systematic and reliable prediction can be made as to whether a news text is likely to be manipulative of a lay-reader; provides accessible outlines of connectionism, cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistic research on inference generation, relevance theory, which assume no previous knowledge; brings together linguistic and cognitive approaches which usually do not communicate; shows how to prevent ""over-interpretation"" of news text on behalf of a lay-reader; and provides useful overview of how language cognition is understood in CDA, revealing tensions in this understanding." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kieran O'HalloranPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.435kg ISBN: 9780748618286ISBN 10: 0748618287 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 19 November 2003 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsTable of Contents: Introduction; SECTION A: THE INTERPRETATION STAGE IN CDA; 1. How CDA currently highlights biased or manipulative text; 2. Symbolicism; 3. The symbolicism of CDA; SECTION B: NEWER APPROACHES TO COGNITION; 4. Connectionism; 5. Cognitive linguistics; 6. Recent psycholinguistic evidence on inference generation; 7. Relevance Theory; SECTION C: THE NON-CRITICAL LAY-READER; 8. Constructing a model of a non-critical lay-reader; 9. Applications I; 10. Applications II; Conclusion.ReviewsAuthor InformationKieran O'Halloran is a Lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communications at The Open University Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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