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The discourse of classified advertising : exploring the nature of linguistic simplicity / Paul Bruthiaux.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bruthiaux, Paul, author.
Series:
Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Advertising--Language.
Advertising.
Advertising, Classified.
English language--Usage.
English language.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (225 p.)
Place of Publication:
New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This work on the discourse of classified advertising is suitable for sociolinguists.
Contents:
Contents; 1 Theoretical issues; 2 Situating the corpus; 3 Syntactic elaboration; 4 Conventionalization; 5 Functional variation; 6 Classified advertising in its linguistic context; Appendix A: Summary of features of linguistic simplification; Appendix B: Corpus selection criteria; Appendix C: Glossary of abbreviations; Appendix D: Test of editorial interference in Recycler ads; Notes; References; Index
Notes:
Previously issued in print: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-203) and index.
Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
ISBN:
0-19-772155-9
1-280-45167-X
1-4237-4047-5
0-19-535660-8
1-60256-077-3
OCLC:
228136432

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