ISBN:
9789027274878
,
9027274878
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (239 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Studies in language variation 1872-9592 vol. 9
Series Statement:
Studies in language variation vol. 9
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Style-shifting in public
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hernández-Campoy, Juan Manuel Style-Shifting in Public : New Perspectives on Stylistic Variation
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Rhetoric Political aspects
;
Discourse analysis Political aspects
;
Mass media and language
;
Rhetoric Political aspects
;
Discourse analysis Political aspects
;
Social Science
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Rhetoric ; Political aspects
;
Retorica
;
Politiek
;
Massamedia
;
Taalgebruik
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics
;
Discourse analysis ; Political aspects
;
Mass media and language
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Language acts are acts of identity, and linguistic variation reflects the multifaceted construction of verbal alternatives for transmitting social meaning, where style-shifting represents our ability to take up different social positions due to its potential for linguistic performance, rhetorical stance-taking and identity projection. Traditional variationist conceptualizations of style-shifting as a primarily responsive phenomenon seem unable to account for all stylistic choices. In contrast, more recent formulations see stylistic variation as initiative, creative and strategic in personal and
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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