Reference and identity in public discourses / edited by Ursula Lutzky, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Minna Nevala, Tampere University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lutzky, Ursula, editor.

Nevala, Minna, editor.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 306.

Pragmatics & beyond new series (P&BNS), 0922-842X ; volume 306

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reference (Linguistics).

Identity (Psychology).

Applied linguistics.

Physical Description:

vi, 284 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2019]

Summary:

"This volume explores the concepts of reference and identity in public discourses. Its contributions study discourse-specific reference and labelling patterns, both from a historical and present-day perspective, and discuss their impact on self- and other-representation in the construction of identity. They combine multiple methodological approaches, including corpus-based quantitative as well as qualitative approaches, and apply them to a range of text types that are or were (intended to be) public, such as letters, newspapers, parliamentary debates, and online communication in the form of reader comments, discussion pages and tweets. In addition to English, the languages studied include Polish as well as European and Latin American Spanish. The volume is aimed at researchers from different research paradigms in linguistics and related disciplines, such as media communication or the social and cultural sciences, who are interested in the interplay of reference and identity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Pragmatic explorations of reference and identity in public discourses p. 1 / Minna Nevala; Ursula Lutzky

2 Part I. Public discourses in the history of English

3 Two miserable creatures or those atrocious criminals? p. 19 / Minna Nevala

4 The Prince and the Sassenach p. 43 / Marina Dossena

5 "Right trusty and well-beloved" p. 67 / Imogen Marcus; Mel Evans

6 Kinship references in the British Parliament, 1800-2005 p. 97 / Jukka Tyrkkö

7 Part II. Public discourses in Present-Day English

8 "Thanks for the donds" p. 127 / Andrew Kehoe; Matt Gee

9 From 'country' to 'confederation' - debating terms of reference for the EU on a Wikipedia talk page p. 159 / Susanne Kopf

10 After we #VoteLeave we can #TakeControl p. 181 / Sylvia Jaworska; Tigran Sogomonian

11 Part III. Public discourses around the world

12 To be or not to be ... a patient p. 205 / Barbara De Cock

13 What's in a diminutive? p. 227 / Bettina Kluge

14 From Poland to #SanEscobar p. 251 / Nadine Thielemann

15 Index p. 281.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Current Copyright Fee: GBP17.50 0.

Other Format:

Online version: Reference and identity in public discourses

ISBN:

9789027204202

9027204209

OCLC:

1103980934