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Structures in Discourse : Interaction, Adaptability, and Pragmatic Functions.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gill, M. L.
- Series:
- Pragmatics and Beyond New Series
- Pragmatics and Beyond New Series ; v.345
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discourse analysis.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2024.
- Summary:
- This volume aims to stretch the boundaries of text and discourse linguistics, exploring organization and structuring in discourse across a variety of communication forms, from written to spoken to visual, in old and new media.
- Contents:
- Structures in discourse: Micro and macro perspectives / Brita Wårvik
- Evaluation as a persuasive tactic in the 2012 Obama-Romney debates / Helena Halmari
- How pragmatically (in)definite are you and one? Pronominal imposture in George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London (1933) / Sandrine Sorlin
- Amazing - The use of English in texting between a Finland-Swedish high school girl and friends / Martina Björklund
- The uses of laughter in epideictic radio interviews / Greg Myers
- Temporality in reaction GIFs as multimodal virtual performatives / Loukia Lindholm
- Emoji and illocutionarity: Acting on, and acting as, language / Susan Herring & Jing Ge-Stadnyk
- Revisiting adaptability: Reviews of Airbnb's online experiences / Camilla Vasquéz & Irene Cenni
- Vernacular voices in the public sphere: Marginality, conflict and authenticity in 'below the line' comments to a Pro-Brexit British tabloid
- Martin Gill.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9789027246820
- 9027246823
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