Formulaic Genres - Rilegato

Kuiper, Koenraad

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0230553524 ISBN 13: 9780230553521

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Riassunto

Mikhail Bakhtin was right. Humans could not use the languages they know without also learning the genres which govern so much of our social life. These genres frequently consist of rules prescribing the order in which we must say things and formulaic phraseology which prescribes what can and should be said. Native speakers know only a small fraction of the formulaic genres in a speech community. This relativizes the concept of a native speaker in all situations. Koenraad Kuiper illustrates these views with an array of fascinating case studies of engagement notice writers, horse race commentators, weather forecasters, pump aerobics instructors, square dance callers, cartoonists, and Red Guards.

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Descrizione del libro

The author shows that formulaic genres are everywhere, ranging from engagement notices through political propaganda to cartoon humour

L'autore

Koenraad Kuiper is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, and Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0230553524
• ISBN 13: 9780230553521
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 223