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Style-shifting in public : new perspectives on stylistic variation / edited by Juan Manuel Hernández-Campoy, Juan Antonio Cutillas-Espinosa.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in language variation ; v. 9.
- Studies in language variation, 1872-9592 ; v. 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- Discourse analysis--Political aspects.
- Discourse analysis.
- Mass media and language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Language acts are acts of identity, and linguistic variation reflects the multifaceted construction of verbal alternatives for transmitting social meaning, where style-shifting represents our ability to take up different social positions due to its potential for linguistic performance, rhetorical stance-taking and identity projection.Traditional variationist conceptualizations of style-shifting as a primarily responsive phenomenon seem unable to account for all stylistic choices. In contrast, more recent formulations see stylistic variation as initiative, creative and strategic in personal and
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Style and sociolinguistic variation in political discourse
- pt. 2. Style and sociolinguistic variation in media interaction.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613469304
- 9781283469302
- 1283469308
- 9789027274878
- 9027274878
- OCLC:
- 774278992
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