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The language work of speechwriters / Gwynne Mapes, University of Bern.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mapes, Gwynne, Author.
- Series:
- Key topics in applied linguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Speechwriting.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Drawing on interview data and other sources, this book examines how speechwriters talk about their work, illuminating not only what it is they do, but also why it matters. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students in applied linguistics, discourse studies, linguistic and cultural anthropology, and sociolinguistics"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Wordsmiths and the business of rhetoric
- Parameters of professionalism: invisibility, craft, virtue
- Invisibility, materiality, and erasure
- Craft, creativity, and distinction
- Virtue, transgression, and value
- Reappraising language work: status competition and elite precarity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781009539852
- 100953985X
- 9781009539876
- 1009539876
- OCLC:
- 1485578675
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000251878
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