Conceptualizing evolution education
Subtitle: a corpus-based analysis of US press discourse
By: by Shala Barczewska
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781443843140
Subjects: Mass media and language
Description: This volume explores the benefits of grounding corpus-assisted discourse analysis within the theoretical framework of cognitive linguistics. This is accomplished here against the highly emotive controversy over the teaching of evolution in the US classroom. The book explores grammatical construal, conceptual metaphor theory, conceptual blending theory, frame semantics, and key word analysis, and uses a combination of corpus-based analysis and in-depth manual analysis of select articles. As such, it provides both a broad picture of the way the debate is conceptualized in the US press, as well as a close-up of some of the more representative discourses. This research will be of interest to scholars in a variety of fields including corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, discourse analysis, communication studies and American culture, as well as anyone interested in the debate over evolution education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-381) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Debating and legislating evolution education in the US; title: Corpus materials and methodology; title: Cognitive processes and discourse space; title: Construal of the debate over evolution in select articles; title: Headline analysis; title: Keywords in the corpora; title: Construal of keywords in the corpus; title: Conclusions.