Allusions in the Press : : An Applied Linguistic Study / / Paul Lennon.
This corpus-based study of allusions in the British press shows the range of targets journalists allude to - from Shakespeare to TV soaps, from Jane Austen to Hillary Clinton, from hymns to nursery rhymes, proverbs and riddles. It analyzes the linguistic forms allusions take and demonstrates how all...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
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| Summary: | This corpus-based study of allusions in the British press shows the range of targets journalists allude to - from Shakespeare to TV soaps, from Jane Austen to Hillary Clinton, from hymns to nursery rhymes, proverbs and riddles. It analyzes the linguistic forms allusions take and demonstrates how allusions function meaningfully in discourse. It explores the nature of the background cultural and intertextual knowledge allusions demand of readers and sets out the processing stages involved in understanding an allusion. Allusion is integrated into existing theories of indirect language and linked to idioms, word-play and metaphor. |
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| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9783110197334 9783110636970 9783110742961 9783110212129 9783110212136 9783110209457 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9783110197334 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Paul Lennon. |