Allusions in the Press

An Applied Linguistic Study
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-3-11-017950-7
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 297 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 622 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Students and Scholars of Applied Linguistics, Institutes, Academic Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lennon, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 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 - Notes - List of primary texts - References

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Lennon teaches at the University of Bielefeld, Germany.