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The paper studies the use of the word terrorist in the dispatches of two major international news agencies, AP & Reuters. It can be assumed that the attacks on September 11, 2001, have changed the role of terrorist & affected the meaning of the word. While terrorists have been traditionally construed as violent actors, they are now, more & more, seen as a static threat. The paper examines three collocations -- terrorist attack, terrorist threat & terrorist suspect -- as grammatical metaphors (cf. Halliday 1994); the collocation terrorist network is analyzed as a conceptual metaphor (cf. Lakoff & Johnson 1980). Linguistic strategies manifested in the data form a pattern that I call "anti-terrorism discourse." Modality & general vagueness of the language are conspicuous features in the news agency dispatches on terrorism; the reports focus on what may happen or may have happened. This can be argued to undermine the factuality of news agency discourse. 52 References. Adapted from the source document.

This report considers the constitutionality of federal tort reform legislation, such as the products liability and medical malpractice reform proposals that have been introduced for the last several Congresses.

This report considers the constitutionality of federal tort reform legislation, such as the products liability and medical malpractice reform proposals that have been introduced for the last several Congresses.

This report considers the constitutionality of federal tort reform legislation, such as the products liability and medical malpractice reform proposals that have been introduced for the last several Congresses.

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