TY - BOOK ID - 31004477 TI - Opposition in discourse : the construction of oppositional meaning PY - 2010 SN - 1283207982 9786613207982 1441198636 9781441198631 9781283207980 9781847065124 1847065120 6613207985 9781472593771 1472593774 9781441101624 1441101624 1441191739 1472523393 1472524438 1472528387 1474269230 PB - New York : Continuum, DB - UniCat KW - Opposition (Linguistics) KW - Critical discourse analysis. KW - CDA (Critical discourse analysis) KW - Distinctive oppositions (Linguistics) KW - Discourse analysis KW - Binary principle (Linguistics) KW - Diskurs. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Opposition (Linguistics). KW - Opposition. KW - REFERENCE KW - Semantische Analyse. KW - Vocabulary. KW - Word Lists. KW - Opposition (logique) KW - Sémantique. KW - Analyse du discours. KW - Critical discourse analysis UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:31004477 AB - Lesley Jeffries introduces a phenomenon which has not been given the attention it deserves - the contextual construction of oppositional meaning. These are opposites not recognisable as such out of context but that are clearly set up this way in the text concerned. The significance of oppositional meaning is well-known, and has been discussed by scholars for millennia, from Philosophy to Politics. But the main emphasis has always been on the conventional opposite: the opposite recognised by lexical semantics. Starting from socio-cultural viewpoints, moving to original research and then concluding with a new theoretical formulation, this book introduces and consolidates a significant new approach to the analysis of oppositional meaning. It closes with a discussion of the importance of constructed opposition in hegemonic practice and makes a case for the inclusion of opposition as a central tool of critical discourse analysis. It will be essential reading for researchers and graduates in stylistics, linguistics and language studies. ER -