36.2512, Books: The Language Work of Speechwriters: Mapes (2025)

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Subject: 36.2512, Books: The Language Work of Speechwriters: Mapes (2025)

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Date: 26-Aug-2025
From: Ellena Moriarty [rfsupport at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Language Work of Speechwriters: Mapes (2025)


Title: The Language Work of Speechwriters
Series Title: Key Topics in Applied Linguistics
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
           http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/universitypress/subjects/languages-linguistics/applied-linguistics-and-second-language-acquisition/language-work-speechwriters?format=PB&isbn=9781009539876

Author(s): Gwynne Mapes

Paperback ISBN:  9781009539876 Pages:  232 Price: U.K. £ 26.99
Paperback ISBN:  9781009539876 Pages:  232 Price: Europe EURO 31.50
Paperback ISBN:  9781009539876 Pages:  232 Price: U.S. $ 35.99

Abstract:

The work of speechwriters is prominent in political discourse, yet the
writers themselves remain in the shadows of the powerful, public
figures they work for. This book throws the spotlight on these
invisible wordsmiths, illuminating not only what they do, but also why
it matters. Based on ethnographic research in the US American
speechwriting community, it investigates the ways in which
speechwriters talk about their professional practices, and also the
material procedures which guide the production of their deliverables.
Relying on a robust collection of various genres of discursive data,
Mapes focuses on the primary rhetorical strategies which characterize
speechwriters' discourse, neatly exposing how they are beholden to a
linguistic marketplace entrenched in ideological and socioeconomic
struggle. Providing fascinating insights into an understudied and
relatively misunderstood profession, this book is essential reading
for academic researchers and students in applied linguistics,
discourse studies, linguistic and cultural anthropology, and
sociolinguistics.

Written In: English (eng)



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