War and Its Ideologies A Social-Semiotic Theory and Description
Ideology is so powerful it makes us believe that war is rational, despite both its brutal means and its devastating ends. The power of ideology comes from its intimate relation to language: ideology recruits all semiotic modalities, but language is its engine-room. Drawing on Halliday’s linguistic t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
Springer Nature Singapore
2019, 2019
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
| Series: | The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Language, Linguistics and Ideology
- 2. The Quest for Meaning in 20th Century Linguistics
- 3. Ideology in a Socio-Semiotic Linguistic Theory
- 4. War and Violence: Etymology, Definitions, Frequencies, Collocations
- 5. Ideology in the Act of Meaning
- 6. A Counter-ideology: War as Violence
- 7. Configurative Rapport: The "Existential Fabric" of War
- 8. Language in the Legitimation of War
- 9. Appendices
- 10. Index