30.2371, Books: Elastic Language: Zhang

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Subject: 30.2371, Books: Elastic Language: Zhang

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Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:35:26
From: Lucy Ridgway [lridgway at cambridge.org]
Subject: Elastic Language: Zhang

 


Title: Elastic Language 
Subtitle: How and Why We Stretch our Words 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/semantics-and-pragmatics/elastic-language-how-and-why-we-stretch-our-words?format=PB 


Author: Grace Q. Zhang

Paperback: ISBN:  9781108718912 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 32.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108718912 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 23.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108718912 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 28.00


Abstract:

Editor's Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced book.

Elastic language carries non-specific and stretchable meaning, as in 'He loves
her, kind of'. It is used like a slingshot, targeting various strategic goals.
Consolidating current research and charting new directions, this book develops
a refreshing theory of elasticity, empirically attested by natural language
data from tension-prone encounters between Australian Customs officers and
passengers. The theory proposes three principles (fluidity, stretchability and
strategy) and offers a systematic look at how elastic language, as a sliding
scale, works to balance strengthening and weakening speech tones, to firm and
soften a speaker's stance, and to reveal and evade the truth. The comparative
analysis of forms, functions, and context confirms that elastic language is
fluid, stretchable, and strategic. It serves both cooperative and competitive
functions, and social and speech factors impact on its use. This book will
appeal to students and researchers working in pragmatics, applied linguistics,
sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and communication.

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.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Pragmatics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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