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In:Framing in Interaction: Pragmatic approaches to framing analysis
Edited by Simon Borchmann, Anne H. Fabricius and Ida Klitgård
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 354] 2025
► pp. 1–22

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Chapter 1
Framing from a pragmatic point of view

 | Roskilde University
 | Roskilde University
 | Roskilde University
Published online: 30 October 2025
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Article outline
  • 1.A linguistic revisit of framing and framing analysis
  • 2.Framing from the perspective of power
  • 3.Problems related to the perspective of power on framing
  • 4.An alternative perspective on framing
  • 5.Issues and implications of the metacommunicative concept of framing
  • 6.Pragmatic contributions to framing research and analysis
    • 6.1Framing as interaction
    • 6.2Framing as metacommunication
    • 6.3The nature of frames
    • 6.4Framing analysis
    • 6.5Monological communication as interaction
    • 6.6Framing devices
    • 6.7Framing potential
    • 6.8Framing strategies
    • 6.9Framing effects
  • 7.An invitation
  • References
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