series: Sprache und Wissen (SuW)

Published by De Gruyter

Sprache und Wissen (SuW)

Edited by: Ekkehard Felder

ISSN: 1864-2284

Overview
Volumes

The series Sprache und Wissen ["Language and Knowledge"] is a publication platform for high-quality papers on German linguistics with interdisciplinary focus. The series takes on current trends in the scientific community from a linguistic perspective in order to show how general and expert knowledge are made possible through language and gain perspective through it. The linguistic treatment of discursive knowledge formats aims to advance the field of linguistics and other sciences interested in language in an innovative way.

The series presents papers with semantic, pragmatic, and syntactic approaches from the perspective of variety-specific as well as text- and discourse-linguistic cognitive interest. The series welcomes monographs as well as systematically-structured anthologies and conference proceedings.

Book Open Access 2000

Argumentationen über den Klimawandel in Schweizer Medien

Entwicklung einer sektoralen Argumentationstheorie und -typologie für den Diskurs über Klimawandel zwischen 2007 und 2014

Nadine Kammermann, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)

Volume 53 in this series

This book establishes a typology of the arguments made about climate change in the German-speaking Swiss media between 2007 and 2014. By combining corpus linguistic, pragma-dialectical, and discourse analytical approaches, the sectoral theory of argumentation developed in this volume and embedded within its discourse-historical approach provides access to the material topoi of mass-media discourse about climate change.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110760804
ISBN:: 9783110760804
ISBN:: 9783110761276
ISBN:: 9783110760705
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Media
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

Sprachwelten und Sprachwissen

Theorie und Praxis einer kognitiven Laienlinguistik

Toke Hoffmeister

Volume 52 in this series

This volume uses a socio-cognitive concept of knowledge and looks at everyday realms of experience to develop a comprehensive model of folk-linguistic knowledge, which is verified using empirical data. It is the first to comprehensively model lay people. The result is a theoretically based picture of the practitioners of folk linguistics as well as an extensive analysis of data on how linguistic concepts are used in everyday life.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110749489
ISBN:: 9783110749489
ISBN:: 9783110749502
ISBN:: 9783110749380
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Cognitive Linguistics
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

Natur, Umwelt, Nachhaltigkeit

Perspektiven auf Sprache, Diskurse und Kultur

Anna Mattfeldt, Carolin Schwegler, Berbeli Wanning

Volume 51 in this series

The tensions between humans and nature shape everyday life and are reflected in language. This is why it is important to strengthen the relevance of language-based approaches and disciplines for examinations of topics like nature, the environment and sustainability. This volume brings contributions from linguistics together with perspectives from literary studies, pedagogy, HAS, history and philosophy.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110740479
ISBN:: 9783110740479
ISBN:: 9783110740578
ISBN:: 9783110740349
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics, other
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies and Linguistics
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: Ethics
Subject:: Applied Ethics
Subject:: Ethics of Ecology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2021

Laien, Wissen, Sprache

Theoretische, methodische und domänenspezifische Perspektiven

Toke Hoffmeister, Markus Hundt, Saskia Naths

Volume 50 in this series

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Research from various corners has already shone light on the issue of what speakers know about their own language and their attitudes towards it. However, a joint theoretical and empirical basis is still missing. This volume provides an overview of the latest research in the field of lay linguistics and collects contributions that provide new theoretical stimuli, innovative methodological approaches and practical research.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110731958
ISBN:: 9783110731958
ISBN:: 9783110737219
ISBN:: 9783110732030
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Cognitive Linguistics
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2021

Angstkonstruktionen

Kulturwissenschaftliche Annäherungen an eine Zeitdiagnose

Natalia Filatkina, Franziska Bergmann

Volume 49 in this series

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In spite of extensive research in the field of cultural studies, the topic of fear has not yet been exhausted, especially considering that not even the semantics of its linguistic devices or the diversity of its linguistic constructions have been satisfactorily explained. This study looks to the present day to examine which media generate fear by which means and manage to assert themselves as an acceptable perspective on social reality.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110729603
ISBN:: 9783110729603
ISBN:: 9783110731262
ISBN:: 9783110729764
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Emotions
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies and Linguistics
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Sociology
Subject:: Sociological Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2022

Die Macht des Definierens

Eine diskurslinguistische Typologie am Beispiel des Burnout-Phänomens

Theresa Schnedermann

Volume 48 in this series

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How is it that a definition of a phenomenon like "burnout" can assert itself in spite of academic criticism? This book pursues this question by modelling the embeddedness of discursive practices of definition within academic culture and society and their increasing power. By taking a discourse-linguistic and praxeological approach, this book opens up new perspectives for the (linguistic) research into definition.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110727838
ISBN:: 9783110727838
ISBN:: 9783110727876
ISBN:: 9783110727562
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Semiotics
Subject:: Biosemiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

(Afro)Deutschsein

Eine linguistische Analyse der multimodalen Konstruktion von Identität

Nina-Maria Klug

Volume 47 in this series

This linguistic study outlines patterns of communicative identity construction using the example of one conception of being German that has been publicly reflected upon and legitimised in federal German society since the 1980s: being Afro-German. This analysis illustrates both the multimodal constitution of language use and the diversity of concepts of national identity.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110727333
ISBN:: 9783110727333
ISBN:: 9783110727449
ISBN:: 9783110727272
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Pragmatics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Cognitive Linguistics
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Multimodality
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2020

Regionale Auxiliarvariation

Interaktion, Schrift, Kognition

Kathrin Weber

Volume 46 in this series

This study looks at the synchronous variation of the regional-syntactical [_sein_angefangen_] construction in the repertoire of autochthon Westphalian speakers. Using an interdisciplinary approach located between variation linguistics, conversation research and psycholinguistics, this study delves into the interplay between language use, language processing and usage-based syntactical representations in linguistic knowledge.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110708875
ISBN:: 9783110708875
ISBN:: 9783110708943
ISBN:: 9783110708721
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Cognitive Linguistics
Subject:: Dialectology
Subject:: Psycholinguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

Zerstörungs- und Aufbaudiskurse

Diskursgrammatische Muster der städtischen Erinnerungskultur seit 1945

Nicole M. Wilk

Volume 45 in this series

The publication takes a discourse-grammatical perspective to address discourses about destruction in the Second World War and post-war reconstruction in the cities of Mannheim, Paderborn, and Bremen from 1945 to 2016. The basic concept is that not only slogans but also unnoticed figures of speech – such as “in rubble and ashes” and “were the victims of destruction” and “the rebuilding took place” – shape our relationship to history.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110691580
ISBN:: 9783110691580
ISBN:: 9783110691603
ISBN:: 9783110691467
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: General Linguistics
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Functional Theories of Grammar
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Sociology
Subject:: Urban and Spatial Sociology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2021

Linguistik und Medizin

Sprachwissenschaftliche Zugänge und interdisziplinäre Perspektiven

Marina Iakushevich, Yvonne Ilg, Theresa Schnedermann, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Volume 44 in this series

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Linguistics and medicine is a growing branch of research in the medical humanities. The interdisciplinary contributions in this volume address current, socially relevant issues in doctor-patient communication, public mass-media discourses, and specialist communication. They examine the processes through which knowledge is constituted, negotiated, and transferred in various sociocultural contexts.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110688696
ISBN:: 9783110688696
ISBN:: 9783110688788
ISBN:: 9783110688641
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Narrative Analysis
Subject:: Medicine
Subject:: Clinical Medicine
Subject:: Clinical Medicine, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

Der »Held« im Deutschen

Eine linguistische Konzeptanalyse

Daniel Koch

Volume 43 in this series

Modern heroes are people who fight and sacrifice, who help and volunteer, who work in silence but still achieve great things. They are role models, show moral courage and inspire us to follow in their footsteps. They promote reconciliation, impart values and generate identity. This monograph illustrates how the multifaceted phenomenon of the heroic is negotiated communicatively and how heroes shape our society with the way they think and act.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110706864
ISBN:: 9783110706864
ISBN:: 9783110706888
ISBN:: 9783110706574
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Society
Subject:: History
Subject:: Historical Periods
Subject:: Modern History
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Cognitive Linguistics
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2020

Sprache und Empathie

Beiträge zur Grundlegung eines linguistischen Forschungsprogramms

Katharina Jacob, Klaus-Peter Konerding, Wolf-Andreas Liebert

Volume 42 in this series

Empathy has become a guiding principle in the cognitive, social, and cultural sciences. Until now, linguistics has failed to adequately address the theme, despite the fact that language and verbal interaction in human relationships are the fundamental means and vehicles for empathy. This volume includes papers from the disciplines of philosophy, ethnology, psychology, and linguistics that are essential for a future linguistics of empathy.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110679618
ISBN:: 9783110679618
ISBN:: 9783110679700
ISBN:: 9783110679601
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: General Cultural Studies
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: General Linguistics
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2020

Erlebte Authentizität

Diskursive Herstellung von Authentizität zwischen Performanz und Zuschreibung

Pierre Schwidlinski

Volume 41 in this series

A range of disciplines have described different access points to authenticity, but until now, there has been no empirical, discourse-linguistic investigation of authenticity. Personal authenticity is always linked to its social and situational performance but is manifested first and foremost in the attribution of authenticity. This study presents a systematic analytic model of the discursive creation of (non-)authenticity in the public sphere.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110658569
ISBN:: 9783110658569
ISBN:: 9783110656909
ISBN:: 9783110656718
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Narrative Analysis
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Was ist gutes Deutsch?

Eine qualitative Analyse laienlinguistischen Sprachnormwissens

Patrick Beuge

Volume 40 in this series

The study focuses on linguistically unsophisticated speakers – linguistic laypersons – and their understanding of good language. The perspectives taken in the study are native to the sociology of knowledge as well as cognitive and social linguistics. By means of qualitative content analysis, the linguistic understanding held by laypersons is reconstructed and modeled in accordance with the novel concept of “language-norm understanding.”

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110647433
ISBN:: 9783110647433
ISBN:: 9783110766042
ISBN:: 9783110647570
ISBN:: 9783110647051
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Language Policy and Planning
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Die Opazität epistemischer Modalverben im Deutschen

Funktion, Form und empirische Fassbarkeit

Elisabeth Scherr

Volume 39 in this series

This study examines the variants of the modal verbs “können” [can], “mögen” [may], “müssen” [must], “sollen” [should], “wollen” [want], and “werden” [will], with a focus on the function of the epistemic modality. Their linguistic forms of realization can serve to express personal inferences or references to the statements of third parties. Besides theoretical definitions, the emphasis is on the empirical intelligibility of the phenomenon.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110620382
ISBN:: 9783110620382
ISBN:: 9783110618884
ISBN:: 9783110618136
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Semantics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Functional Theories of Grammar
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Diskurs der Daten

Qualitative Zugänge zu einem quantitativen Phänomen

Pamela Steen, Frank Liedtke

Volume 38 in this series

The term “big data” subsumes new forms of modern communication for using and exchanging electronic data. The essays in this volume analyze the “semantic battlefields” around the theme of mass digital data, explicating the ideologies implied by the communicative appropriation of digital data. These approaches are contrasted to studies examining how digital media users actually engage with big data.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110609103
ISBN:: 9783110609103
ISBN:: 9783110736458
ISBN:: 9783110607420
ISBN:: 9783110607307
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Media Studies
Subject:: Media Theory
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Media
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

»Sicherheit« im öffentlichen Sprachgebrauch

Eine diskurslinguistische Analyse

Annelie Schmidt

Volume 37 in this series

This study investigates the notion of security in contentious public discourse to derive conclusions about contemporary societal world-views. It clearly shows that by means of diverse concepts of threat, security has become established as an omnipresent word of legitimation and mobilization, carrying great potential power for implementing political objectives and measures.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110605358
ISBN:: 9783110605358
ISBN:: 9783110603040
ISBN:: 9783110602937
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Anthropology
Subject:: Linguistic Anthropology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Ökonomie und Bildmedien

Bilder als Ausdrucksressource zur Konstruktion von Wissen

Eva Gredel, Iuditha Balint, Patrick Galke-Janzen, Thomas Lischeid, Markus Raith

Volume 36 in this series

This volume demonstrates that pictures are a central communicative resource for constructing knowledge in economics. By examining discursively structured inventories of images, media-specific relations between text and image, and domain-typical ways of processing images, the essays in this volume draw conclusions about the historical and discursive context of pictures, harnessing perspectives from linguistic, literary, and cultural studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110604801
ISBN:: 9783110604801
ISBN:: 9783110602722
ISBN:: 9783110602302
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Genres and Media in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Digital Media and Communication
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2020

Wissensdynamik in der Mediengesellschaft

Der Diskurs über Schulamokläufe

Paul Reszke

Volume 35 in this series

In the aftermath of school shootings, a discursive wave spreads through the mass media, constantly reformulating personal observations, scholarly proposals for solutions, and legislative measures. The study examines this example of the social constitution of knowledge using pragmatic and text linguistic methods to describe the patterns by which communication is structured in the public sphere.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110600018
ISBN:: 9783110600018
ISBN:: 9783110597714
ISBN:: 9783110596885
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Bedeutungs- und Begriffswissen im Recht

Frame-Analysen von Rechtsbegriffen im Deutschen

Dietrich Busse, Michaela Felden, Detmer Wulf

Volume 34 in this series

This study applies the linguistic procedures of semantic frame analysis to trace the origins of complex specialized institutional terminology from the legal domain. Engaging in a detailed discussion of the advantages and limitations of this analytic method, it uses frame analysis to develop a semiotic history of concepts and concept networks in criminal and civil law.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110574982
ISBN:: 9783110574982
ISBN:: 9783110572773
ISBN:: 9783110572445
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Semantics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Cognitive Linguistics
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Krisenszenarien

Metaphern in wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischen Diskursen

Kristin Kuck

Volume 33 in this series

The study examines the metaphorically shaped inventories of knowledge that help constitute discourses of economic and sociopolitical crisis, and their role in legitimizing policy interventions. The author proposes the metaphoric scenario as a unit of analysis and applies it to three crisis discourses: the “oil crisis”, the discussions about “Germany as a business location”, and “Agenda 2010.”

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110571752
ISBN:: 9783110571752
ISBN:: 9783110569438
ISBN:: 9783110569346
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Wettstreit in der Sprache

Ein empirischer Diskursvergleich zur Agonalität im Deutschen und Englischen am Beispiel des Mensch-Natur-Verhältnisses

Anna Mattfeldt

Volume 32 in this series

This discourse analysis systematically combines qualitative and quantitative methods to examine the linguistic forms and strategies that invoke agonality and mark conflicts in German and English. It applies a multilayered discourse methodology to compare the language used in media discourses relating to Hurricane Sandy (2012) and the energy extraction method of fracking.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110565621
ISBN:: 9783110565621
ISBN:: 9783110709575
ISBN:: 9783110562958
ISBN:: 9783110562897
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Subject:: Contrastive Linguistics
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Geschlechtsspezifische Körper- und Rollenbilder

Eine korpuslinguistische Untersuchung

Sina Lautenschläger

Volume 31 in this series

Press articles convey, propagate, and (re)produce explicit and subliminal gender-specific images of body and role. This corpus linguistic analysis looks at patterns of such explicit and implicit statements about gender, both synchronically and diachronically. The social meanings and interpretations found in the texts are examined using a frame-semantic approach.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110563160
ISBN:: 9783110563160
ISBN:: 9783110560435
ISBN:: 9783110560176
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Sprachlich vermittelte Geschlechterkonzepte

Eine diskurslinguistische Untersuchung von Schulbüchern der Wilhelminischen Kaiserzeit bis zur Gegenwart

Christine Ott

Volume 30 in this series

It is remarkable how little research has addressed the specific ways that language contributes to creating notions of gender and gender roles. This study addresses the overall question of how gender concepts are conveyed linguistically, and extends the question to consider how specific gender concepts found their way into school textbooks in the first place.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110555578
ISBN:: 9783110555578
ISBN:: 9783110553727
ISBN:: 9783110553567
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Gender
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Diskurs, Wissen, Sprache

Linguistische Annäherungen an kulturwissenschaftliche Fragen

Martin Wengeler, Alexander Ziem

Volume 29 in this series

In the spirit of linguistics and epistemology, this volume addresses central aspects of the triad of language, knowledge, and discourse. The essays elaborate central questions in historical and cognitive semantics, the theory of language and language comprehension, and textual and discourse semantics.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110551853
ISBN:: 9783110551853
ISBN:: 9783110550016
ISBN:: 9783110549973
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Semantics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Philosophy of Language
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Chinesisch-Deutscher Imagereport

Das Bild Chinas im deutschsprachigen Raum aus kultur-, medien- und sprachwissenschaftlicher Perspektive (2000-2013)

Friedemann Vogel, Wenjian Jia

Volume 28 in this series

This volume examines ethnic stereotypes of China and the Chinese people in German public media. It focuses on the formative cultural, linguistic, and media conditions for generating stereotypical views, their manifestations in the new millennium, and methods for studying them. The book surveys current research and formulates suggestions to improve German-Chinese intercultural communication.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110544268
ISBN:: 9783110544268
ISBN:: 9783110542288
ISBN:: 9783110542080
Subject:: Asian and Pacific Studies
Subject:: East Asia
Subject:: China
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Society
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Linguistik des Entscheidens

Eine kommunikative Praxis in funktionalpragmatischer und diskurslinguistischer Perspektive

Katharina Jacob

Volume 27 in this series

Linguistics has been underrepresented in the interdisciplinary field of decision making research. This study seeks to fill this gap by developing a linguistic model for the communicative practice of decision making. For the first time, it combines the methodologies of functional pragmatics and discourse linguistics, illustrating the method by specifically examining German parliamentary decision making in the area of energy policy in 1983–2013.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110526608
ISBN:: 9783110526608
ISBN:: 9783110524291
ISBN:: 9783110524017
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Pragmatics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Wirtschaftskrisen

Eine linguistische Diskursgeschichte

David Römer

Volume 26 in this series

Drawing upon public political discourse on economic crises, this study applies the principles of discursive linguistics to the history of argumentation to study how linguistics argumentation constructs "crises" as social facts. The author examines various questions, including how "crisis constructions" become incorporated in the legitimization of political action and how certain viewpoints become manifest.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110521221
ISBN:: 9783110521221
ISBN:: 9783110518986
ISBN:: 9783110517507
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Nonagentive Konstruktionen des Deutschen

Alexander Lasch

Volume 25 in this series

This study develops a detailed description and analysis of passive structures in German along with an original frame of reference. The aim is to locate constructions within a construction network ("constructicon") and to view particularities of construction based on their actual implementations in usage. The study is founded on a broad-based corpus study.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110495430
ISBN:: 9783110495430
ISBN:: 9783110494860
ISBN:: 9783110492309
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Syntax
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Wirtschaftskrisen in Deutschland und China

Eine linguistische Printmedienanalyse

Rui Li

Volume 24 in this series

This study examines major print media organizations to analyze and compare the essential features of media discourse on economic crisis in Germany and China. Researchers combine the methodology of linguistic frame analysis with qualitative research methods from the social sciences.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110467062
ISBN:: 9783110467062
ISBN:: 9783110465211
ISBN:: 9783110465075
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Mass Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Performativität in Sprache und Recht

Lars Bülow, Jochen Bung, Rüdiger Harnisch, Rainer Wernsmann

Volume 23 in this series

This compendium offers access to readers interested in the humanities and in social, cultural, and legal studies to a broad and multifaceted exploration of linguistic practices in the legal sciences. A range of scholars from the fields of linguistics and the legal sciences focus on specific performative aspects of the connections between language and the law.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110464856
ISBN:: 9783110464856
ISBN:: 9783110462678
ISBN:: 9783110462647
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Forensic Linguistics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Pragmatics
Subject:: Semantics
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Forschungsumgebungen in den Digital Humanities

Nutzerbedarf, Wissenstransfer, Textualität

Michael Bender

Volume 22 in this series

This study examines user perspectives regarding virtual research environments in the area of digital publishing. It analyzes user requirements from the viewpoints of edition philology, text and discourse linguistics, information theory, and the theory of science. A focus is placed on information technology practices to manage and disseminate knowledge through digital data, text, discourse, and coherence structures.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110463927
ISBN:: 9783110463927
ISBN:: 9783110462043
ISBN:: 9783110459692
Subject:: Library and Information Science, Book Studies
Subject:: Information Science
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics, other
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Group and Organizational Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Identitätspositionierungen der DAX-30-Unternehmen

Die sprachliche Konstruktion von Selbstbildern

Simone Burel

Volume 21 in this series

Companies trade not only in raw materials and services but also systematically create factual, non-physical realities, such as identity, as part of their object worlds. To understand the linguistic quest for self-image and corporate identity, this study analyzes symbolic systems in companies’ representational texts, including slogans and mission statements.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110432879
ISBN:: 9783110439359
ISBN:: 9783110432879
ISBN:: 9783110433180
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics, other
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Semiotics
Subject:: Cultural Semiotics
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Group and Organizational Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Kampagnen

Zur sprachlichen Konstruktion von Gesellschaftsbildern

Marike Bartels

Volume 20 in this series

Campaigns are among the most important instruments of publicly communicating one’s interests. (Re-)Producing the knowledge of a society about itself, they provide information on the collective identity of the German society. A linguistic approach interested in ‘reality’ and aiming to offer insight into societal processes will grant new access to this field.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110410372
ISBN:: 978-3-11-041028-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-041037-2
ISBN:: 9783110410433
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Public and Political Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Sprachliches Rollenverhalten

Korpuspragmatische Studien zu divergenten Kontextualisierungen in Mündlichkeit und Schriftlichkeit

Marcus Müller

Volume 19 in this series

This corpus pragmatic study addresses the symptomatic function of lexical and grammatical constructions in relation to the speaker’s affiliation with groups that develop discourses through their shared social position. It uses a corpus of spoken and written communications on the bioethics debate to examine qualitative and quantitative correlations between spoken and written verbal patterns and roles, medium and context.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110379068
ISBN:: 978-3-11-037899-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-037906-8
ISBN:: 9783110393538
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Pragmatics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Textuelle Formationen von Erinnerung und Gedächtnis

Linguistische Studien zum Erzählen in Uwe Johnsons »Jahrestagen«

Matthias Attig

Volume 18 in this series

Uwe Johnson’s novel Anniversaries weaves poetic sequences and realities into an artfully composed montage to represent a process of remembrance that is at once fragile and complex. This study combines linguistic and literary approaches to explore the unique structure of this poetics of memory – the reciprocal referentiality of memory and what is remembered – in each of its singular facets.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110400700
ISBN:: 978-3-11-040064-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-040070-0
ISBN:: 9783110400755
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Memory
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Semiotics
Subject:: Semiotics, other
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies and Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Diskursdynamiken

Metaphorische Muster zum Diskursobjekt Virus

Eva Gredel

Volume 17 in this series

This study seeks to develop a foundation for a theory of meaning that views linguistic innovation and discursive dynamics as the normal state of affairs. It integrates systems and behavioral theory, identifying discourses as the loci of change in linguistic meaning. An analysis of multi-code metaphors makes plausible the discursive sensitivity of images in advertisements and leads to a proposal for a multicodal expansion of discourse analysis.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110366754
ISBN:: 978-3-11-037225-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-036675-4
ISBN:: 9783110394399
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics, other
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Health Communication
Subject:: Public and Political Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Die allmähliche Verfertigung der Diagnose im Reden

Prädiagnostische Mitteilungen im Gespräch zwischen Arzt und Patient

Thomas Spranz-Fogasy

Volume 16 in this series

This book analyses the content of doctors’ statements uttered before the actual diagnosis as well as their linguistic and interactional features andcognitive processes. Prediagnostic statements include the patient in the process of finding a diagnosis but can also aim atguiding the patients’ expectations and creating trust.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110363296
ISBN:: 978-3-11-036326-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-036329-6
ISBN:: 9783110393132
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Pragmatics
Subject:: Medicine
Subject:: Clinical Medicine
Subject:: Clinical Medicine, other
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Health Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Grammatik als Netzwerk von Konstruktionen

Sprachwissen im Fokus der Konstruktionsgrammatik

Alexander Lasch, Alexander Ziem

Volume 15 in this series

Linguistic knowledge consists of a structured set of form-meaning pairs (constructions), which one can conceptualize as a network or “constructicon.” The essays in this volume engage in a theoretical and empirical exploration of different aspects of such a “constructicon.”The book is addressed to a sophisticated audience and to those readers interested in construction grammar and usage-based descriptive approaches.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110353693
ISBN:: 978-3-11-035209-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-035369-3
ISBN:: 9783110370249
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Cognitive Linguistics
Subject:: Functional Theories of Grammar
Subject:: Linguistics, other
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Das Konzept »Islam«

Eine diskurslinguistische Untersuchung

Nina Kalwa

Volume 14 in this series

The notions of Islam that are prevalent in the public imagination are founded and shaped by public discourse itself. This study examines the process by which perceptions of Islam are constructed using the methods of lexical semantics, discourse analysis, and corpus linguistics. This specific combination of methods illustrates the unique textual and discursive potentials of contemporary linguistics.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110309973
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030926-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030997-3
Subject:: Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Subject:: Language and Literature
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics, other
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Semantics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Faktizitätsherstellung in Diskursen

Die Macht des Deklarativen

Ekkehard Felder

Volume 13 in this series

The greater part of our knowledge is bound up in discursive contexts. That which incontrovertibly exists is presented discursively as a fact. Thus, factual knowledge is produced in discourses. This role of discourse lends great relevance to discursive analysis and to the process of deciphering discursive practices. This is all the more true when power relations determine which knowledge is worthy of preservation and which should be considered expendable. The studies included in this volume undertake an analysis of discourse from the perspectives of linguistics, sociology, philosophy, and risk research.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110289954
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028973-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028995-4
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics, other
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Pragmatics
Subject:: Semantics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Das System der Partikelverben mit „an“

Eine konstruktionsgrammatische Untersuchung

Marc Felfe

Volume 12 in this series

Approximately fifty percent of the form and the meaning of transparent German particle verbs with “an” can be deduced from the minimal semantic argument structure of the verb and particle. The aim of this study is to create a format for understanding the remaining fifty percent using construction grammar analysis. The study employs frame semantics to explain the compositionality of the verb and the construction. The system is based on a flexible schema-instance relationship, where instances are the prototypes for schemata.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110289930
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028972-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028993-0
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Syntax
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Philosophy of Language
Subject:: Germanic Languages
Subject:: German
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Sprachhandeln und Sprachwissen

Grammatische Konstruktionen im Spannungsfeld von Interaktion und Kognition

Jörg Bücker

Volume 11 in this series

Using the example of “nonfinite verbal construction” (“Me give up?”), this book tries to move from the everyday use of grammatical construction to its representation in linguistic usage knowledge. Some characteristics of “nonfinite verbal constructions” are discussed across languages and with a view to the problem area of speech and writing.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110282719
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028260-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028271-9
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Semiotics
Subject:: Zoosemiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Subject:: Linguistics, other
Subject:: Philosophy of Language
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Identitätsentwürfe in der Kunstkommunikation

Studien zur Praxis der sprachlichen und multimodalen Positionierung im Interaktionsraum ,Kunst'

Marcus Müller, Sandra Kluwe

Volume 10 in this series

This interdisciplinary volume contains articles by well-known researchers on the function of art as a medium for the self-affirmation of the individual, of the social group, or of the collective. It is a compendium for all those involved at the theoretical and practical levels in the description, communication, and criticism of art.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110278415
ISBN:: 978-3-11-027831-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-027841-5
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies and Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Linguistik rechtlicher Normgenese

Theorie der Rechtsnormdiskursivität am Beispiel der Online-Durchsuchung

Friedemann Vogel

Volume 9 in this series

The analysis of legal texts in the context of legislation is a previously unexplored field of research. Consequently, this study examines the formation of legal norms using the example of the “online search”. Taking over 1000 texts as reference material, the study illuminates the discourse actors, the semantic struggles and the process of legal textual formulation involved in the legislation.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110278392
ISBN:: 978-3-11-027830-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-027839-2
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Sociolinguistics
Subject:: Linguistics, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2011

"Recht ist Streit"

Eine rechtslinguistische Analyse des Sprachverhaltens in der deutschen Rechtsprechung

Jing Li

Volume 8 in this series

Using linguistic instruments this work sets out to give a transparent description of the text-supported and discourse-based legal dispute in the process of reaching a legal judgement. It examines a corpus of authentic texts originating from six related legal cases in Germany, identifying distinct speech act patterns and the specific action strategies and perspective-defining efforts that are used with them. With their help a model is developed for the analysis of this specialized communication process.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110263169
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026315-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026316-9
Subject:: Law
Subject:: Law, other
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Pragmatics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2011

Diskurshandlungen

Theorie und Methode linguistischer Diskursanalyse am Beispiel der Bioethikdebatte

Constanze Spieß

Volume 7 in this series

This work examines discourse analysis in terms of its theory and methodology and their empirical implementation. The linguistics of discourse is seen as being based in action theory. A multilevel discourse analysis model is developed as methodology. With reference to the example of the bioethical discourse surrounding stem cell research, the author shows how keywords, metaphors and the topoi of argumentation are positioned and semantically fixed in the context of ideological argumentation and how this leads to a perspectivized construct of reality.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110258813
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025880-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025881-3
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

1968

Eine sprachwissenschaftliche Zwischenbilanz

Heidrun Kämper, Joachim Scharloth, Martin Wengeler

Volume 6 in this series

The cipher “1968” evokes a remembrance that has a strong impact on the collective memory, especially through its language. After forty years the time has come for an interim status report, which this collective volume undertakes. It mainly contains linguistic contributions on “1968”, presenting and describing the various manifestations and aspects of this language. Thus, it represents a contribution of cultural-studies to the history of language, as well as to semiotics, and to the history of the media and contemporary history.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110254723
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025471-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025472-3
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Semiotics
Subject:: Semiotics, other
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Historical Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2011

Seuchen, Ängste und Diskurse

Massenkommunikation als diskursives Rollenspiel

Bettina Radeiski

Volume 5 in this series

The subject of this book is the media coverage of avian flu (bird flu) in 2006. A large part of media coverage consists of reflection on the media contributions and their potential power, where one aspect stands out in particular: the effect of fear. This is accomplished by means of the two normative poles‑ playing down the issue and scaremongering. The primary aim of the book is to explain all phenomena, and especially those that are contradictory at first glance. Here, referring to Foucault’s discourse concept, the key category of the discursive role is developed.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110252392
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025238-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025239-2
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Pragmatics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Mass Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2009

Sprachgebrauchsmuster

Noah Bubenhofer

Volume 4 in this series

Discourse and ways of thinking are mirrored in typical language usage. With corpus linguistic methods it is possible to expose recurring formula and patterns of language usage and their variations. This book demonstrates how inductive theories for cultural studies analyses can be derived from large bodies of text. The methods are illustrated with a detailed analysis of a sample of about 45,000 articles from the ‘Neuen Zürcher Zeitung,’ from between 1995 and 2005. The book is aimed at both scholars doing research in cultural studies and advanced students.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110215854
ISBN:: 978-3-11-021584-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-021585-4
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Linguistics, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2009

Wissen durch Sprache

Ekkehard Felder, Marcus Müller

Volume 3 in this series

In this volume, the research network Language and Knowledge presents theoretical and methodological foundations of research into the constitution of knowledge in linguistic formations. A particular focus is placed on the concepts of knowledge and discourse, alongside methodological issues from conversational analysis, cognitive grammar and construction grammar. The descriptive instruments presented are demonstrated in numerous individual analyses from the fields of nanotechnology, biomedicine, politics, education, art, religion, mathematics, law and economics.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110216004
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020743-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-021600-4
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Linguistics, other
Subject:: Philosophy of Language
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Interpersonal Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2008

Frames und sprachliches Wissen

Alexander Ziem

Volume 2 in this series

The book is concerned with frame theory, which in recent years has experienced an immense growth in interest, not only in Germanic Linguistics. Frames are knowledge structures in the long-term memory which are of relevance for understanding expressions in language. Thus, for example, the gratuity frame makes knowledge available about eating in a restaurant. Frames can also be deployed as analytical tools. This is demonstrated using the metaphor of "financial investors as locusts" coined by the then-SPD Minister of Labour Franz Müntefering.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110209419
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020275-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-020941-9
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Quantitative, Computational, and Corpus Linguistics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics, other
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Semantics
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Cognitive Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2007

Biomedizin als sprachliche Kontroverse

Die Thematisierung von Sprache im öffentlichen Diskurs zur Gendiagnostik

Silke Domasch

Volume 1 in this series

The German verbs verwerfen, nicht implantieren or abtöten have the same denotations when used in reference to dealing with artificially-inseminated embryos; however, the meanings of these words are respectively different. The book examines, against the background of the debate about the introduction of pre-implantation diagnostics in Germany, the role of linguistic naming– so-called thematizations– in the public sphere. The study shows that these thematizations not only reflect linguistic controversy, but at the same time, precisely mirror the current societal debates.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110916850
ISBN:: 978-3-11-019362-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-091685-0
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics, other
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Medicine
Subject:: Clinical Medicine
Subject:: Clinical Medicine, other
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Health Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter