Epilogue
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Andrew Goatly, now semi-retired, has taught English Language and Linguistics in colleges and universities in the UK, Rwanda, Thailand, Singapore, Austria, and is currently an Honorary Professor at Lingnan University Hong Kong. His main interests are Metaphor, Stylistics, Linguistic Humour, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Ecolinguistics. His books include
Washing the Brain: Metaphor and Hidden Ideology (2007, Benjamins),Explorations in Stylistics (2008, Equinox),The Language of Metaphors (2nd edition, 2011, Routledge),Meaning and Humour (2012, Cambridge University Press),Critical Reading and Writing in the Digital Age with Preet Hirdahar (2nd edition, 2016, Routledge), andTwo Dimensions of Meaning: Similarity and Contiguity, in Metaphor and Metonymy, Language, Culture and Ecology (2022, Routledge).
Abstract
This Epilogue represents some thoughts and reactions to this collection of articles. It falls into four sections. (1) A discussion of the term Anthropocene in relation to degrees of anthropocentrism. (2) A comparison of the varied approaches, positive or not, to ecological discourse analysis. (3) Observations on the challenges posed by a dominant consumer capitalist ideology, with which “environmental” movements sometimes compromise, and the authors’ stances towards them. (4) A contextualisation of some recurring discourse techniques evident in the collection – proximity, visual communication, framing, narrative and metaphor – within a cognitive framework distinguishing between similarity and contiguity meaning systems.
About the author
Andrew Goatly, now semi-retired, has taught English Language and Linguistics in colleges and universities in the UK, Rwanda, Thailand, Singapore, Austria, and is currently an Honorary Professor at Lingnan University Hong Kong. His main interests are Metaphor, Stylistics, Linguistic Humour, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Ecolinguistics. His books include Washing the Brain: Metaphor and Hidden Ideology (2007, Benjamins), Explorations in Stylistics (2008, Equinox), The Language of Metaphors (2nd edition, 2011, Routledge), Meaning and Humour (2012, Cambridge University Press), Critical Reading and Writing in the Digital Age with Preet Hirdahar (2nd edition, 2016, Routledge), and Two Dimensions of Meaning: Similarity and Contiguity, in Metaphor and Metonymy, Language, Culture and Ecology (2022, Routledge).
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Environmental issues in the Anthropocene: ecolinguistic perspectives across media and genres
- Full Length Articles
- The Anthropocene: genesis of a term and popularization in the press
- Narratives of industrial damage and natural recovery: an ecolinguistic perspective
- “Nature needs you”: discursive constructions of legitimacy and identification in environmental charity appeals
- “Together we can all make little steps towards a better world”: interdiscursive construction of ecologically engaged voices in YouTube vlogs
- Risk and resilience in a changing climate: a diachronic analysis in the press across the globe
- Communicating climate change: how (not) to touch a cord with people and promote action
- Changing discourses of climate change: building social-ecological resilience cross-culturally
- Environmental issues in the Victorian era: an ecostylistic examination of metaphor and framing in Ruskin’s The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century
- Epilogue
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Environmental issues in the Anthropocene: ecolinguistic perspectives across media and genres
- Full Length Articles
- The Anthropocene: genesis of a term and popularization in the press
- Narratives of industrial damage and natural recovery: an ecolinguistic perspective
- “Nature needs you”: discursive constructions of legitimacy and identification in environmental charity appeals
- “Together we can all make little steps towards a better world”: interdiscursive construction of ecologically engaged voices in YouTube vlogs
- Risk and resilience in a changing climate: a diachronic analysis in the press across the globe
- Communicating climate change: how (not) to touch a cord with people and promote action
- Changing discourses of climate change: building social-ecological resilience cross-culturally
- Environmental issues in the Victorian era: an ecostylistic examination of metaphor and framing in Ruskin’s The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century
- Epilogue
