Grounding in English and Arabic News Discourse
Author:   Esam N. Khalil (University of Nijmegen)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   82
ISBN:  

9789027251015


Pages:   274
Publication Date:   04 December 2000
Format:   Hardback
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This title examines the field of text linguistics in the shape of news media and ways in which news is disseminated through news editing, translating and reading.

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Author:   Esam N. Khalil (University of Nijmegen)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   82
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9789027251015


ISBN 10:   9027251010
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   04 December 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. 1. Overview; 3. 2. The Foreground-Background Structure as a Textual Phenomenon; 4. 3. Schematic Manifestations of Text-Level Grounding; 5. 4. Syntactic Manifestations of Text-Level Grounding; 6. 5. Initial Position Marking of Grounding: The Case of Arabic News; 7. 6. Sentence-Initial Markers; 8. 7. Discussion; 9. Appendix I Glossary of Notions Used in the Study; 10. Appendix II Transliteration System; 11. References; 12. Index

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This book is of value to anyone who has an interest in Arabic and English discourse analysis and linguistics. It also offers insights to students of journalism. -- Mahdi Alosh, The Ohio State University, in The Modern Language Journal 86 (2002)


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