{"product_id":"9781350580589","title":"Representing Minorities in Times of Conflict A Corpus-Based Analysis of Letters to the Editor","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCorpus and Discourse\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eRepresenting Minorities in Times of Conflict\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Corpus-Based Analysis of Letters to the Editor\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIsabella Martini\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis comparative study of the linguistic representation of minorities across different historical and socio-political contexts addresses a unique and under-researched area in linguistics, focusing on letters to the editor (LTEs) as a genre of news discourse.\u003c\/b\u003e  The book provides insights into how public opinion and ideological stances are reflected in LTEs, offering a valuable perspective for interdisciplinary applications in history, media studies and linguistics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocussing on two distinct conflicts across a century, the Armenian genocide and the Russian-Ukrainian war, and on their representation in the British press, the book shows how corpus methods and discourse analysis can assist socio-historical research towards a deeper understanding of the events as seen through the eyes of the public. The author begins by explaining the genre of LTEs and how they have changed over the course of a century with dramatic technological innovations and a shift in news production and consumption. She considers differences and similarities in the ideological depiction of minorities, using long-standing broadsheet newspapers such as \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, to cover all main political orientations and to ensure a comparison among newspapers that were published both at the beginning of the 20th century and those published one century later. The corpus includes over 600 published LTEs for both case studies (Armenian and Ukrainian) selected from print and online newspaper archives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile history is usually told through the eyes of the winners, or of the majorities, \u003ci\u003eRepresenting Minorities in Times of Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e offers fresh insights into how minorities are linguistically represented during conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIsabella Martini\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Assistant Professor of English Language at the University of Florence, Italy.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 August 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350580589\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51935865372812,"sku":"9781350580589","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_b448ab35-6c69-4420-9364-688b5e2f316c.jpg?v=1786014077","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350580589","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}