Overview
- First fully Hallidayan account of the relations of language and ideology
- Unique in its combination of theory and empirical demonstration of a specific ideology
- Synthesises a sociological account of war with a social-semiotic theory of ideology
- Combines corpus linguistic methods with detailed text analysis
- Draws on both multi-register and register-specific corpora
Part of the book series: The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series (TMAKHLFLS)
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“War and its ideologies: A social-semiotic theory and description represents a significant new contribution to both the theoretical and practical work in Systematic Functional Linguistics (SFL). … This book is not only a very timely and compelling addition to the SFL canon, but a worthy tribute to her friends and mentors in combining a comprehensive and accessible synthesis of the SFL conceptualisation of semiosis and ideology with a thoroughly-worked illustration of the theory in practice.” (Tom Bartlett, Functions of Language, Vol. 28 (2), 2021)
“A key strength is in the thought-provoking analytical walk-throughs of the texts under consideration (which could be seen as model analyses for students interested in carrying out corpus-based discourse analysis and/or Hallidayan analysis), and Lukin does an excellent job of laying out a range of hiding-in-plain-sight linguistic techniques that are used to justify war.” (Paul Baker, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, Vol.25 (3), 2020)
“Given the innovative and interdisciplinary approach, this book is a great start into new discussions on the relation of language with conflict (and peace) and ideology.” (Roswitha Kersten-Pejanić, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 19 (5), 2020)
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Book Title: War and Its Ideologies
Book Subtitle: A Social-Semiotic Theory and Description
Authors: Annabelle Lukin
Series Title: The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0996-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0994-6Published: 20 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4546-3Published: 01 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0996-0Published: 09 October 2018
Series ISSN: 2198-9869
Series E-ISSN: 2198-9877
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 283
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Theoretical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics