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Book SynopsisSally Johnson is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at University of Leeds, UK.
Astrid Ensslin is Professor of Media and Digital Communication at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Table of ContentsForeword, Sally Johnson and Astrid Ensslin 1. Language in the Media: Theory and Practice, S
ally Johnson (University of Leeds, UK) and Astrid Ensslin (University of Alberta, Canada) Part I: Metaphors and Meanings 2. Metaphors for Speaking and Writing in the British Press, J
ohn Heywood and Elena Semino (Lancaster University, UK) 3. Journalistic Constructions of Blair's ‘Apology' for the Intelligence Leading to the Iraq War,
Lesley Jeffries (University of Huddersfield, UK) 4. Crises of Meaning: Personalist Language Ideology in US Media Discourse,
Jane Hill (University of Arizona, USA) Part II: National Identities, Citizenship and Globalization 5. National Identities, Citizenship and Globalization,
Sally Johnson (University of Leeds, UK) 6. A Language Ideology in Print: the Case of Sweden,
Tommaso M. Milani (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) 7. Global Challenges to Nationalist Ideologies: Language and Education in the Luxembourg Press,
Kristine Horner (University of Sheffield, UK) Part III: Contact and Codeswitching in Multilingual Mediascapes 8. Corsican on the Airwaves: Media Discourse in a Context of Minority Language Shift,
Alexandra Jaffe (California State University, Long Beach, USA) 9. ‘When Hector met Tom Cruise': Attitudes to Irish in a Radio Satire,
Helen Kelly-Holmes and David Atkinson (University of Limerick, Ireland) 10. Dealing with Linguistic Difference in Encounters with Others on British Television,
Simon Gieve and Julie Norton (University of Leicester, UK) Part IV: Youth, Gender and Cyber-Identities 11. Fabricating Youth: New-media Discourse and the Technologization of Young People,
Crispin Thurlow (University of Bern, Switzerland) 12. Dreaming of Genie: Gender Difference and Identity on the Web,
Deborah Cameron (Oxford University, UK) 13. Of Chords, Machines and Bumble-bees: The Metalinguistics of Hyperpoetry,
Astrid Ensslin (University of Alberta, Canada) 14. Language in the Media: Authenticity and Othering,
Adam Jaworski (Cardiff University, UK) Index
