Christoph Sauer

List of John Benjamins publications in which Christoph Sauer is involved.

Titles

Framing and Perspectivising in Discourse

Edited by Titus Ensink and Christoph Sauer

In discourse, verbal messages are framed: speakers offer cues on the basis of which hearers are able to anchor the verbal message to the context. Furthermore, speakers cannot contribute to the discourse without at the same time showing their view on the subject matter of the discourse: the content… read more

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 111] 2003. viii, 227 pp.

The Art of Commemoration: Fifty years after the Warsaw Uprising

Edited by Titus Ensink and Christoph Sauer

The Art of Commemoration focuses on a particular historical event that illustrates how nations define their own identities and establish mutual relations in their discourse: the Warsaw Uprising of August 1944 and its Commemoration in 1994. This Commemoration was an innovative and unique form of… read more

[Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture, 7] 2003. xii, 245 pp.

Sauer, Christoph 2015 Follow-ups in political talk shows and their visual framing Follow-ups in Political Discourse: Explorations across contexts and discourse domains, Weizman, Elda and Anita Fetzer (eds.), pp. 169–204 | Article

The chapter aims to provide corpus-analytical insights into the multimodality of political discourse in the Dutch talk show Pauw & Witteman. The show combines conversations with video clips and other visuals. Thus, it realises a macro follow-up by linking talk items to (earlier) news reports that… read more

Ensink, Titus and Christoph Sauer 2012 Chapter 7. Commemorating the Warsaw Uprising of 1 August 1944: International relational aspects of commemorative practices Transforming National Holidays: Identity discourse in the West and South Slavic countries, 1985-2010, Šarić, Ljiljana, Karen Gammelgaard and Kjetil Rå Hauge (eds.), pp. 171–189 | Article

This chapter describes the way Poland repeatedly involved other parties, notably former enemies, in commemorations of the Warsaw Uprising of 1 August 1944, thus turning a national Red Letter Day into a transnational event. The Uprising is ambiguous: it led to defeat, yet Poland is proud of it since… read more

Sauer, Christoph 2012 Multimodality and performance: Britain’s first Holocaust Memorial Day (BBC on January 27, 2001) Dialogue in Politics, Berlin, Lawrence N. and Anita Fetzer (eds.), pp. 241–308 | Article

Commemorations as part of ceremonial politics normally are dialogues, speeches and symbolic actions (laying wreaths or lighting candles) between representatives and inside audiences. A TV transmission makes TV viewers another audience participating in an outside dialogue. The BBC transmission of… read more

Sauer, Christoph 2007 Christmas Messages by heads of state: Multimodality and media adaptations Political Discourse in the Media: Cross-cultural perspectives, Fetzer, Anita and Gerda Eva Lauerbach (eds.), pp. 227–273 | Article

Sauer, Christoph 2004 Graziella Tonfoni and Lakhmi Jain: The art and science of documentation management Information Design Journal 12:2, pp. 160–162 | Review

Ensink, Titus and Christoph Sauer 2003 1. Facing the past: The commemoration of the Warsaw Uprising on the occasion of its Fiftieth anniversary The Art of Commemoration: Fifty years after the Warsaw Uprising, Ensink, Titus and Christoph Sauer (eds.), pp. 1–18 | Article

Ensink, Titus and Christoph Sauer 2003 4. The search for acceptable perspectives: German President Roman Herzog commemorates the Warsaw Uprising The Art of Commemoration: Fifty years after the Warsaw Uprising, Ensink, Titus and Christoph Sauer (eds.), pp. 57–94 | Article

Ensink, Titus and Christoph Sauer 2003 Social-functional and cognitive approaches to discourse interpretation: The role of frame and perspective Framing and Perspectivising in Discourse, Ensink, Titus and Christoph Sauer (eds.), pp. 1–21 | Article

Ensink, Titus and Christoph Sauer 2003 2. A discourse analytic approach to the commemorative speeches about the Warsaw Uprising The Art of Commemoration: Fifty years after the Warsaw Uprising, Ensink, Titus and Christoph Sauer (eds.), pp. 19–40 | Article

Sauer, Christoph 2002 4. Ceremonial text and talk: A functional-pragmatic approach Politics as Text and Talk: Analytic approaches to political discourse, Chilton, Paul and Christina Schäffner (eds.), pp. 111–142 | Article

Ensink, Titus en Christoph Sauer 1994 Popularisering van Vakteksten: Naar een Model voor Herschrijfprincipes Taalproduktie, pp. 99–108 | Article

Popularization is a form of communication between an expert and laymen. Not all popularized texts are written by experts, however. Often persons with less expertise have to rewrite highly specialized texts so as to make these texts accessible to a more general audience. In this paper we try to… read more

Sauer, Christoph 1989 Structures of consensus-making and intervention: The concept of Nazi language policy in occupied Holland (“Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden” 1940 to 1945) Language, Power and Ideology: Studies in political discourse, Wodak, Ruth (ed.), pp. 3–38 | Article