A corpus-assisted semantic profile of the noun representation in CAD and CADS studies on newspaper discourse

Del Fante, Dario 2024. A corpus-assisted semantic profile of the noun representation in CAD and CADS studies on newspaper discourse. Journal of Corpora and Discourse Studies 7 , pp. 174-209. 10.18573/jcads.121

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Abstract

The existing literature on newspaper discourse from a CAD (Critical Discourse Analysis) or CADS (Corpus-assisted Discourse Studies) perspective is extensive and there is a large volume of published studies that mention the noun representation in their titles or who put the representation in the press as the main object of investigation. Generally, these works focus on the use of language to represent a social phenomenon like migration, Islam, Europe, homelessness, obesity, and many other events. However, except for some works, the explanation of what the act of representation means is often not directly and overtly addressed. However, the fact that the notion of representation is not often clearly defined in many works (generally for a matter of space) does not mean that the notion is taken for granted or the implications are not considered. For this reason, this paper investigates how the notion of representation is presented. On the basis that the meaning of an expression derives from its use in context, which is intended as all its manifestations through which the expression itself acquires its meaning, the aim of this work is to give a corpus-assisted discourse perspective on the use of the lexical item representation in the academic discourse focused on the news media.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Cardiff University Press
ISSN:	2515-0251
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	10 June 2024
Date of Acceptance:	17 January 2024
Last Modified:	26 Jul 2024 09:47
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/169654

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