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Allusions in the Press : An Applied Linguistic Study / Paul Lennon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2008]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (297 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110179507
  • 9783110197334
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 031 410
LOC classification:
  • P96.L34 L45 2004eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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