Oppositions and Ideology in News Discourse

Constructed opposition has proved as viable an area of

research as traditional antonymy, and a useful tool in looking at ideologically

orientated texts. This book investigates

how binary oppositions are constructed discursively and the potential

ideological repercussions of their usage in news reports in the British press.





The focus is particularly on the positive presentation of

groups and individuals subsumed under the first person plural pronouns 'us' and

'we', and the simultaneous marginalization of groups designated as 'they' or

'them'. Exploring the dynamic relations between the linguistic system and

language in context this is a key publication for those involved in discourse

analysis and stylistics.