Discourses of Cycling, Road Users and Sustainability: An Ecolinguistic Investigation - Couverture rigide

Caimotto, M. Cristina

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3030440257 ISBN 13 : 9783030440251

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020

Synopsis

This book employs a Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) framework to examine cycling mobility, marking a new turn in ecolinguistic discourse analysis. The author focuses specifically on environment-related arguments concerning the promotion of higher levels of cycling, mainly as a means of transport, and investigates the "US vs. "THEM" narratives present in many discourses about road users. Analysing newspaper articles, institutional documents and spoken interviews, the author searches for a positive new discourse that would inspire and encourage cycling as a habitual means of transport, rather than simply exposing ecologically destructive discourse. The book will be of interest to scholars of discourse and ecolinguistics, as well as contributing to the lively debate about how to increase cycling in fields such as sustainability, sociology, transport planning and management.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

M. Cristina Caimotto is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics and Translation at the University of Turin, Italy. Her research interests include political discourse and environmental discourse, with a focus on ideology. She is also a cycling advocate.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030440257
• ISBN 13: 9783030440251
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 161
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