Language, Image, Gesture - The Cognitive Semiotics of Politics

"Drawing upon a range of real-life case studies, this book provides a comprehensive overview of Cognitive Critical Discourse Analysis (Cognitive CDA), extended to language, image and gesture in contemporary political discourse. It is essential reading for academic researchers and advanced students interested in the semiotic dimensions of politics"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Principles of cognitive critical discourse analysis; 3. Schematisation; 4. Attention; 5. Viewpoint; 6. Metaphor; 7. Co-text images; 8. Co-speech gestures; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Christopher Hart is Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University. He is author of Critical Discourse Analysis and Cognitive Science (2010) and Discourse, Grammar and Ideology (2014).

Summary

Drawing upon a range of real-life case studies, this book provides a comprehensive overview of Cognitive Critical Discourse Analysis (Cognitive CDA), extended to language, image and gesture in contemporary political discourse. It is essential reading for academic researchers and advanced students interested in the semiotic dimensions of politics.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hart, Christopher (Lancaster University) Hart, Hart Christopher
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2024
• EAN: 9781009257541
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0925754-1
• No. of pages: 298
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Politics & government, Psycholinguistics, Politics and government, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc