Elastic Language: How and Why We Stretch Our Words

ISBN-13: 9781108718912 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 258 str.

Grace Zhang

Opis

Language is like a slingshot, stretching for various communicative targets. This book reveals the art of purposive and powerful language stretching.

Recenzje

'All in all, Zhang's book makes a great contribution to the field by filling a significant theoretical gap. The conceptual framework developed and tested throughout the book has the potential to contribute not only to studies on VL use, but also to other areas of linguistic investigation.' Vahid Parvaresh, Discourse Studies

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical foundations; 3. Elasticity Theory; 4. Methodology; 5. Linguistic realisation of elastic language; 6. Strategies of elastic language; 7. Elastic language, power and gender; 8. Elastic language and speech factors; 9. General discussion; 10. Conclusions and implications.