Stella Bullo, Derek Bousfield

Talking in Clichés

The Use of Stock Phrases in Discourse and Communication

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Fusing cutting-edge approaches of systemic-functional linguistics and discourse approaches with Interactional and Applied Pragmatics, this book explores the nature and role of clichâes, reimagining this often-disparaged form of language as a means to efficient, effective communication and interaction"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 275
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781108471633
• ISBN-10: 1108471633
• Artikelnr.: 64222030

Autorenporträt

Stella Bullo is a Researcher in Discourse Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of Evaluation in Advertising Reception (Palgrave, 2014). Her work on health discourse has been featured in BBC Radio World Service, The Conversation and The New York Times.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations
1. On Clichés
2. Clichés in discourse
3. Clichés as argumentative strategies
4. Clichés as social cognition
5. Clichés as politeness strategies in evaluation
6. Clichés as identity markers
7. Concluding remarks
8. Appendix 1: Clichés in news comments
9. Appendix 2: Clichés in corporate mission statements
10. Appendix 3: Clichés in evaluation
11. Appendix 4: Clichés as identity markers in The Apperentice BBC's reality TV show.