“IT’S HARD TO GET YOUR HEAD AROUND SOMETHING LIKE THIS”: FIGURATIVE AND INTENSE LANGUAGE FOR SENSEGIVING DURING SEVERE WEATHER COVERAGE

During high-impact weather events like Hurricane Harvey, broadcast meteorologists take on the role of sensegiver, as they develop frameworks to help their viewers make sense of the storm. These frameworks are communicated through rhetorical choices evident in the language the meteorologists use to d...

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Main Author: Prestley, Robert W.
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2019
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Online Access:https://uknowledge.uky.edu/comm_etds/80
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1082&context=comm_etds