32.632, Books: Constructing the Welfare State in the British Press: Paprota

[The LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-32-632. Fri Feb 19 2021. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 32.632, Books: Constructing the Welfare State in the British Press: Paprota

Moderator: Malgorzata E. Cavar (linguist at linguistlist.org)
Student Moderator: Jeremy Coburn
Managing Editor: Becca Morris
Team: Helen Aristar-Dry, Everett Green, Sarah Robinson, Lauren Perkins, Nils Hjortnaes, Yiwen Zhang, Joshua Sims
Jobs: jobs at linguistlist.org | Conferences: callconf at linguistlist.org | Pubs: pubs at linguistlist.org

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
           https://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/

Editor for this issue: Billy Dickson <billyd at linguistlist.org>
================================================================


Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 20:00:08
From: Khadija Ahmed [khadija.ahmed at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Constructing the Welfare State in the British Press: Paprota

 


Title: Constructing the Welfare State in the British Press 
Subtitle: Boundaries and Metaphors in Political Discourse 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (formerly The Continuum International Publishing Group)
	   http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
	

Book URL: https://www.bloomsbury.com/constructing-the-welfare-state-in-the-british-press-9781350125315/ 


Author: Malgorzata Paprota

Electronic: ISBN:  9781350125339 Pages: 240 Price: U.K. £ 85.50
Electronic: ISBN:  9781350125322 Pages: 240 Price: U.K. £ 85.50
Hardback: ISBN:  9781350125315 Pages: 240 Price: U.K. £ 95.00


Abstract:

Analysing political discourse in the British press during a time of crisis and
austerity, this book examines how the concept of the welfare state has been
constructed between 2008 and 2015. At a time when the financial crisis and
government policies have put the welfare state under increased pressure, a
corpus from four British newspapers from across the political spectrum - the
"Guardian", "Daily Mirror", "Daily Mail", and "Daily Telegraph" - is brought
together to investigate the political debate on its evaluation and the
ambiguity about its exact definition.

Combining two theoretical approaches, Malgorzata Paprota outlines the
figurative models and scenarios relevant to this element of the political
system. The discourse-historical approach to discourse analysis is used to
establish what the welfare state is, tracing the boundaries of the concept and
which elements of political reality are explicitly associated with it.
Conceptual metaphor theory is then used to explore the figurative
conceptualisations of the welfare state. Together, this book shows the
discursive construction, and shifting boundaries and metaphors, of the welfare
state by the British press and its use in current political debates.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis


Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=151134




------------------------------------------------------------------------------

***************************    LINGUIST List Support    ***************************
 The 2020 Fund Drive is under way! Please visit https://funddrive.linguistlist.org
  to find out how to donate and check how your university, country or discipline
     ranks in the fund drive challenges. Or go directly to the donation site:
                   https://crowdfunding.iu.edu/the-linguist-list

                        Let's make this a short fund drive!
                Please feel free to share the link to our campaign:
                    https://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/
 


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-32-632	
----------------------------------------------------------