Special issue on “Linguistics and the Media”
Edited by José Mateo Martínez and Francisco Yus

Summary

Preface — Mateo Martínez, José; Yus Ramos, Francisco

Discourse strategies for global topic construction in complex written texts: evidence from comment articles — Alonso Rodríguez, Pilar

The discursive construction of identity in an Internet hip-hop community — Fägersten, Kristy Beers

The discursive construction of the public and the private spheres in media debates: the case of television talk shows — Burger, Marcel

Coming out of the closet "six feet under": textual silences and the social construction of the family stage in the obituary genres — Corona Marzol, Isabel

Critical discourse analysis as an analytical resource for cultural studies: exploring the discursive construction of subject positions in British men's magazines' problem pages — Gregorio Godeo, Eduardo de

Critical discourse analysis of the Iraq conflict in the British and German 'quality' press — Dirks, Una

Moving closer to the audience: watching football on television — Gerhardt, Cornelia

Tracing context in the discourse of the media: features of language-in-use in the British press — González Rodríguez, María José

The role of metaphor, metonymy, and conceptual blending in understanding advertisements: the case of drug-prevention ads — Herrero Ruiz, Javier

Multimodality and relevance in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games televised promotion — Ifantidou, Elly; Tzanne, Angeliki

GHD advertising campaign across cultures. A case study — Maci, Stefania M.

Evaluation and engagement in journalistic commentary and news reportage — Marín Arrese, Juana Isabel; Núñez Perucha, Begoña

A systemic functional analysis of two multimodal covers — Martínez Lirola, María

Well, it is WELL: language and human interest in a virtual community — Oha, Obododimma

The hidden dimension of the language of corporations in America and Spain: perspectives for inter-legal communications — Orts Llopis, María Ángeles

"Honourable Bigotry"? Relevance theory, conversation analysis and radio talk-backs — Pattemore, Stephen

Journalists' language awareness: inferences from writing strategies — Perrin, Daniel; Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen

Direct discourse in the Greek press: from evidentiality to subjectivity — Politis, Periklis; Kakavoulia, Maria

Speeches and declarations: a war of words — Reyes Rodríguez, Antonio

Towards an analysis of academic weblogs — Stuart, Keith

The discursive construction of anti-European sentiment in the times.co.uk texts — Valdeón García, Roberto Antonio


Reviews

Siles Artes, José (2006): Antología bilingüe de la poesía angloamericana (Siglos XIV-XX). Ajuntament de L'Eliana (Valencia): La Torre del Virrey. 226 pp. — Alcaraz Varó, Enrique

Johnston, Bill (2003): Values in English Language Teaching. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers — Guijarro Ojeda, Juan Ramón

Leo Hickey and Miranda Stewart (eds.) (2005): Politeness in Europe. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters Ltd., 334 pp. — Guillén Nieto, Victoria