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Corpus-based analysis of ideological bias : migration in the British press /

"Corpus-Based Analysis of Ideological Bias presents research combining a range of corpus-linguistic techniques which are employed to analyse how migration discourse is (re)constructed in the contemporary British press. Two specialised corpora containing 1,000 news reports, editorials and opinio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Islentyeva, Anna (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Series:Routledge applied corpus linguistics series.
Subjects:
Journalism > Objectivity > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
Journalism > Great Britain > Language.
Emigration and immigration > Press coverage > Case studies.
Corpora (Linguistics)
Discourse analysis > Political aspects > Great Britain.
Discourse analysis > Political aspects.
Emigration and immigration > Press coverage.
Journalism > Language.
Journalism > Objectivity.
Great Britain.
2000-2099
Case studies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Language Corpora and Media Discourse on Migration
  • Ideology in the Contemporary Media: Bias in the British Press
  • Corpus-Based Discourse Analysis: Data Collection and Corpus Construction
  • Discursive Representations of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Immigrants, and Migrants (RASIM) Prior to the EU Referendum
  • Discursive Representations of Migrants after the EU Referendum
  • The English Garden: A Metaphor for English Society
  • The Metaphorical Motif of War in the British Press
  • Conclusion: Principles of Cohesion and Evaluation in Newspaper Texts.