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Lennon, Paul

Allusions in the Press : An Applied Linguistic Study / Paul Lennon. - 1 online resource (297 p.)

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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.

ISBN: 9783110179507 9783110197334

Standard No.: 10.1515/9783110197334 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Allusions.
Intertextuality.
Newspapers--Headlines.
Newspapers--Language.
Anspielung.
Englisch.
Presse.
Zeitungssprache.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.

LC Class. No.: P96.L34 / L45 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 031 410