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Abstract

This chapter starts with presenting a working definition of the term ‘ideology’ which is needed for detecting underlying ideologies in the reportage on crime. In the second part, the framework of Critical Stylistics and its textual–conceptual functions are introduced which provide the means for identification of ideological meaning in such texts.

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Notes

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    I am grateful to Tom Considine for sharing his thoughts with me on the matter.

  2. 2.

    This example is used by Jeffries (2014b:473f).

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Tabbert, U. (2016). Critical Stylistics. In: Language and Crime. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-45351-8_2

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