Concerning satirical journalism and its version of the media text type "portrayal"
- So far, text linguistics has not shown any particular interest in the topic of satire, which appears to be narrowly defined in the media text type "satirical commentary" and to need little clarification. This view overlooks the fact that a satirical press, making use of almost all available journalistic text types, has existed for a long time. The aspects of the analysis discussed in this article provide a justification for why research on satire should be undertaken not only in literary studies, but also in text linguistics
