Discourses of Cycling, Road Users and Sustainability: An Ecolinguistic Investigation (1st ed. 2020) (Postdisciplinary Studies in Discourse)

By: M. Cristina Caimotto

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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 discourse and ecolingusitics scholars, as well as contributing to the lively debate about how to increase cycling in fields such as sustainability, sociology, transport planning and management.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030440268
Related ISBNs:: 9783030440251
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 05/09/20
Copyrighted By:: Springer
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Sports, Technology, Education, Language Arts, Sociology
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