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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451469003321

Autore

Gòˆrlach Manfred

Titolo

Text types and the history of English [[electronic resource] /] / by Manfred Gòˆrlach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2004

ISBN

1-282-19374-0

9786612193743

3-11-019716-2

Edizione

[Reprint 2013]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; ; 139

Disciplina

420/.9

Soggetti

English language - History

English language - Variation

Literary form - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-321) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Preface -- 2. A history of text types: A componential analysis -- 3. Text types and the linguistic history of modern English -- 4. Text types and language history: The cooking recipe -- 5. A linguistic history of advertising -- 6. The church hymn -- 7. Lexical entries -- 8. Linguistic aspects of jokes -- 9. Text types and the history of Scots -- 10. Text types and Indian English -- 11. Facsimiles -- Back matter

Sommario/riassunto

The history of modern European languages has been largely determined by the range of functions they have acquired, particularly after 1500. This development necessitated a notable expansion of their syntax and lexis, but is most characteristically reflected in the conventionalization of text types. Starting from the German concept of Textsorte as developed from the 1960's onwards, the present account is a first comprehensive attempt at charting the field for the history and present-day situation of the English language. In text types, a designation is linked with a more or less stable form which guides the writer's production as well as the reader's expectation, permitting one to recognize straightforward uses as well as deliberate misuses. Some



two thousand of such designations are here listed with minimal definitions and dates for first occurrences. The discussion then concentrates on selected types, which are seen as especially illustrative for English: book dedications, cooking recipes, advertisements, church hymns, lexical entries, and jokes. Their functions and development over time are treated in correlation with their specific linguistic characteristics and adaptations to different period styles and social changes in the readership. The functional range of text types in traditions outside England and the consequences of the export of English categories are exemplified by the history of Scots/Scottish English and of English in India. The arguments are accompanied by a lavish supply of textual excerpts and more than fifty pages of facsimiles, which are especially relevant for insights derived from typographical features. A full bibliography and indices are provided at the end. The book will prove useful for decisions on the constitution of representative text corpora and stimulate research into a greater number of individual text types as well as contrastive analyses at least among European languages.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910346743103321

Autore

Katarzyna Pisanski

Titolo

Understanding Selfies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2018

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Collana

Frontiers Research Topics

Soggetti

Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

In the year 2013, 'selfie' was named word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries in recognition of dramatic changes in frequency, prominence, and register of the term. This drastic increase in selfie-



taking was spurred by two factors. The first was the advent of smartphones equipped with front cameras and preview screens that made it easy to compose a photographic self-portrait by a process of deliberately exploring one's image, choosing a pose, and finally taking the picture. The second key change contributing to the rise of the selfie age was the increasing availability of internet connections. It is estimated that about 50% of the world population has access to the internet today (2018; https://www.internetworldstats.com). At the end of the past century, this percentage was a mere 1%. The growth of the internet infrastructure simultaneously spurred the development of social network applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram, providing accessible media for sharing photographs including photographic self-portraits. However, despite their tremendous reach and popularity, selfies have so far received relatively little attention by the scientific community, especially within psychology. Thus, we proposed a Frontiers in Psychology Research Topic to expand empirical and theoretical work on the massively popular, yet scientifically unexplored, phenomenon of the selfie. The articles published in this eBook offer a multifaceted insight into current scholarly work on this topic.