ISBN:
9780415136914
,
0415136911
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0203285123
,
9780203285121
,
0203437020
,
9780203437025
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 249 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Language and desire
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Language and sex
;
Language and sex
;
Language and sex
;
Languages & Literatures
;
Philology & Linguistics
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
An original and intriguing exploration into the language we use to talk about and express romantic and sexual desire
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; About the authors; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; METAPHORS OF DESIRE; KISSING AND CUDDLING: THE RECIPROCITY OF ROMANTIC AND SEXUAL ACTIVITY; 'EVERYBODY LOVES A LOVER': GAY MEN, STRAIGHT MEN AND A PROBLEM OF LEXICAL CHOICE; THE ORGANISATION OF NARRATIVES OF DESIRE: A STUDY OF FIRST-PERSON EROTIC FANTASIES; 'AN EXPLOSION DEEP INSIDE HER': WOMEN'S DESIRE AND POPULAR ROMANCE FICTION; 'YOU WOULD IF YOU LOVED ME': LANGUAGE AND DESIRE IN THE TEEN NOVEL; 'I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU': LOVE AND DESIRE ON THE TELEPHONE
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
