24.4841, Books: Metaphor and Entertainment: Han

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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:53:02
From: Hattie Clarke [Hattie.Clarke at palgrave.com]
Subject: Metaphor and Entertainment: Han

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Title: Metaphor and Entertainment 
Subtitle: A Corpus-Based Approach to Language in Chinese Online News 
Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
	   http://www.palgrave.com

Book URL: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=650621 

Author: Chong Han

Hardback: ISBN:  9781137298034 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 55

Abstract:

The internet has changed the way news media write about various issues and disseminate information and opinions. It has reshaped the way people look for leisure and pleasure. Metaphor and Entertainment investigates the online language practice of a relatively new genre of news writing in contemporary China: online entertainment news. It focuses, in particular, on the patterns of metaphor, which are used to inform the rhetorical goal of providing readers with the latest information about the popular entertainment industry (movies, TV and pop music), while entertaining them.

The author argues that these patterns of metaphor are products of the changing landscape of Chinese society. They reveal an emergent discourse pattern where mainstream media discourse interacts with and is constantly re-shaped by traditional literary legacy and the public and grassroots discourse. This cutting-edge analysis will be of interest to scholars and students dealing with media discourse, metaphor and Chinese language. 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis

Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)

Written In: English  (eng)

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