We present our discourse annotation project, ANNODIS, which aims to make available a diversified French corpus annotated with discourse information, along with a set of tools for annotation and corpus exploitation. An original aspect of the project is that it combines two theoretically and methodologically different points of view on discourse: bottom-up and top-down. In the bottom-up perspecti...

This study describes the architecture iconic car-shaped shrine at Pura Paluang Nusa Penida, Bali. The is a manifestation of God's vehicle, which has title Ida Bhatara Ratu Gede Sakti Ngurah and Hyang Mami or Lord Shiva Durga. altar resembles Jeep Jimny VW Beetle. architectural form what distinguishes it from mainstream cult works in aims to reveal phenomenon cultural anomalies based on ideology...

Whilst in recent years a number of historians and sociologists have analysed sports as social, cultural and economic processes, relatively few have considered the cultural and ideological implications of sport as an object of representation. This thesis aims to intervene in such debates by considering the emergence and development of the discourse of cricket, a sport intimately associated with ...

Using the example of the Scottish Tourist Board ((STB) now VisitScotland), this paper outlines three spaces of mediation involved in the discursive transformation of material landscapes into brochure images. STB marketing personnel occupy the first space of mediation. Market research provides specialist knowledge of consumer expectations and key icons of Scotland that form the dominant ideologi...

This article argues for a cultural perspective to be brought to bear on studies of climate change risk perception. Developing the "circuit of culture" model, the article maintains that the producers and consumers of media texts are jointly engaged in dynamic, meaning-making activities that are context-specific and that change over time. A critical discourse analysis of climate change based on a...

The article presents an overview of the main trends and approaches to study political discourse. combination linguistic ideological structural discourse analysis specific texts leads understanding as a point intersection language ideology, discursive aspects use implementation certain ideology in language. Institutional is determined by types social institutions formed society, characterized nu...

This study was an attempt to investigate the application of Fairclough's (2003) Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach and Social Semiotic Approach (SSA) proposed by Kress and van Leeuwen (2006) in analyzing ads discourse i.e. an approach that combines textual analysis with semiotic analysis in studying advertising. This combined approach was checked in two sample ads extracted from 'Time' ...

h—This study looks at Spike Lee’s Malcolm X as an important text in understanding Afrocentric perspectives that challenge the ideological stereotypes of mainstream Hollywood film. Malcolm X intervenes between Lee, the filmmaker, and the powerful media industry and is emblematic of the larger discussion of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic views in media culture. This film is not only an interesti...