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Download full textIwamoto, Noriko – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1995
An analysis of war reporting in Japan during World War II examines, from a semantico-syntactic perspective, how language is used to systematize, transform, and sometimes mask reality. In wartime, a strong form of solidarity and control is essential as a device for unification and for maintaining popular morale. The approach is based in the notion…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grammar
