LINGUIST List 15.2337

Thu Aug 19 2004

Books: Applied Linguistics: Lennon

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    Message 1: Allusions in the Press: Lennon

     Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:58:18 -0400 (EDT)
    From: julia.ulrich <julia.ulrichdegruyter.com>
    Subject: Allusions in the Press: Lennon




    Title: Allusions in the Press Subtitle: An Applied Linguistic Study

    Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter http://www.mouton-publishers.com

    Book URL: http://www.degruyter.de/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-3110179504-1&l=E Author: Paul Lennon, University of Bielefeld, Germany.

    Hardback: ISBN: 3110179504, Pages: xiv, 298, Price: EURO 98.00

    Abstract:

    This corpus-based study of allusions in the British press shows the range of targets journalists allude to -- from Shakespeare to TV soaps, from Jane Austen to Hillary Clinton, from hymns to nursery rhymes, proverbs, and riddles. It analyzes the linguistic forms allusions take and demonstrates how allusions function meaningfully in discourse. It explores the nature of the background cultural and intertextual knowledge allusions demand of readers and sets out the processing stages involved in understanding an allusion. Allusion is integrated into existing theories of indirect language and linked to idioms, word-play, and metaphor.

    From the Contents:

    Introduction - Theories of indirect language comprehension - Previous work on allusion - A newspaper corpus of allusions: Initial analysis (of quotations, titles, proverbs, formulaic text, names and naming phrases, set phrases) - The alluding and target units - The comprehension of allusions - The functions of allusion - Conclusion - Appendix: The national dailies: Social class and age of readers, average daily sales 1995

    Lingfield(s): Applied Linguistics Subject Language(s): English (Language code: ENG) Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)

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