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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
John Benjamins Pub Co
Publication date
May 15, 1999
Pages
444
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9789027250742
ISBN-10
902725074X
Original list price
$188.00
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Preformulating the News is a study of press releases and of how they anticipate the requirements of journalistic writing. Drawing from a large corpus (Dutch and English), it is argued that the genreâs peculiar audience-directedness can be related to a number of metapragmatic textual features and that this sheds light on the asymmetries of what can be termed the ânewsmakingâ and ânews managementâ processes.
In the first chapter the study of press releases is put in the context of institutional discourse and the details of a linguistic pragmatic research method are proposed. Chapter 2 looks at the complex receiver roles in press releases, which are characterized as indirectly targeted, i.e. âprojectedâ, discourse. In chapters 3 to 6 a data analysis of the metapragmatics of press releases is presented: in particular, it is shown that self-reference, pseudo-quotation and explicit semi-performative play a âpreformulatingâ role in press releases. Chapter 7 offers a case study of the press releases that the American multinational Exxon issued in the wake of the 1989 Alaska oil spill. In the eighth and final chapter it is suggested that the studyâs findings support a hegemonic view of the media.
In analysing the much neglected genre of press releases, the book aims to contribute to the study of the language of the news. At the same time, it explores more general issues of participation and footing as well as reflexive language, including deixis, reported speech and performativity.
In the first chapter the study of press releases is put in the context of institutional discourse and the details of a linguistic pragmatic research method are proposed. Chapter 2 looks at the complex receiver roles in press releases, which are characterized as indirectly targeted, i.e. âprojectedâ, discourse. In chapters 3 to 6 a data analysis of the metapragmatics of press releases is presented: in particular, it is shown that self-reference, pseudo-quotation and explicit semi-performative play a âpreformulatingâ role in press releases. Chapter 7 offers a case study of the press releases that the American multinational Exxon issued in the wake of the 1989 Alaska oil spill. In the eighth and final chapter it is suggested that the studyâs findings support a hegemonic view of the media.
In analysing the much neglected genre of press releases, the book aims to contribute to the study of the language of the news. At the same time, it explores more general issues of participation and footing as well as reflexive language, including deixis, reported speech and performativity.
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from John Benjamins Pub Co (May 15, 1999)
9789027250742 | details & prices | 444 pages | List price $188.00
About: Preformulating the News is a study of press releases and of how they anticipate the requirements of journalistic writing.
About: Preformulating the News is a study of press releases and of how they anticipate the requirements of journalistic writing.
from John Benjamins Pub Co (April 1, 1999)
9781556198236 | details & prices | 426 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $188.00
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