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Verschueren, Jef was born on April 30, 1952 in Hoogstraten, Belgium.
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International News Reporting: Metapragmatic metaphors and the U-2 (Pragmatics & Beyond)
(With reference to a brief description of inherent propert...)
With reference to a brief description of inherent properties of the international news reporting process in a free press tradition, Verschueren criticizes their being neglected in linguistic approaches to the language of the media. In an attempt to illustrate the potential contribution of functional linguistic analyses to a better understanding of the printed media as a channel for international communication, he investigates the use of metapragmatic metaphors (in particular metaphorical verbs of speaking) in the reporting by The New York Times on the U-2 incident in May 1960. The framing of the incident as a communicative event is evaluated along the dimensions of factual truth, interpretational accuracy, and understanding.
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Jef Verschueren
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Jef Verschueren, Belgian Researcher. Harkness fellow Commonwealth Fund of New York, 1975-1977; recipient Arkprijs Van Het Vrije Woord (Flemish free speech award) Arkprijs Committee, 1993. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Pragmatics Association (founder, secretary-general since 1986), Linguistic Society American.
Education
Licence in German Philology, U. Antwerp, Belgium, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, 1980; Special Doctorate, U. Antwerp, 1989.
Career
Assistant, U. Antwerp, 1974-1975; visiting scholar, University of California, Berkeley, 1981-1983; researcher, now research director, Belgian National Fund for Science Research, since 1977.
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International News Reporting: Metapragmatic metaphors and the U-2 (Pragmatics & Beyond)
(With reference to a brief description of inherent propert...)
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International News Reporting: Metapragmatic metaphors and the U-2 (Pragmatics & Beyond)
Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Pragmatics Association (founder, secretary-general since 1986), Linguistic Society American.
Connections
M. Ann Verhaert, July 13, 1974. Children: Jacob, Rebecca, Alexandra, Max.
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Belgian
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Harkness fellow Commonwealth Fund of New York, 1975-1977. Recipient Arkprijs Van Het Vrije Woord (Flemish free speech award) Arkprijs Committee, 1993.Harkness fellow Commonwealth Fund of New York, 1975-1977. Recipient Arkprijs Van Het Vrije Woord (Flemish free speech award) Arkprijs Committee, 1993.