Space, Time and Evaluation in Ideological Discourse - 9781138183247

Taylor & Francis

Space, Time and Evaluation in Ideological DiscourseAuthor(s): Laura Filardo-Llamas, Christopher Hart, Bertie Kaal\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138183247, 978-1138183247\nSynopsis\nBringing together a body of related research which has recently developed in Critical Discourse Analysis, this book is the first to address the role of perspective in socio-political discourse. Specifically, the contributions to this volume seek to explore, from a cognitive standpoint, the way in which perspective functions in three dimensions space, time, and evaluation to enact ideology and persuasion. A range of discourse genres are analysed, including political discourse, media discourse, and songs used as political tools. \n\nStarting from the contention that discourse processing relies on the same mechanisms that support our understanding and experience of space, the book finds a recurrent theme in the way in which perspecti.