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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956887403321

Titolo

Style-shifting in public : new perspectives on stylistic variation / / edited by Juan Manuel Hernández-Campoy, Juan Antonio Cutillas-Espinosa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012

ISBN

9786613469304

9781283469302

1283469308

9789027274878

9027274878

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

Studies in language variation, , 1872-9592 ; ; v. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

Hernández CampoyJuan Manuel

Cutillas-EspinosaJuan Antonio

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Rhetoric - Political aspects

Discourse analysis - Political aspects

Mass media and language

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Style and sociolinguistic variation in political discourse -- pt. 2. Style and sociolinguistic variation in media interaction.

Sommario/riassunto

Language acts are acts of identity, and linguistic variation reflects the multifaceted construction of verbal alternatives for transmitting social meaning, where style-shifting represents our ability to take up different social positions due to its potential for linguistic performance, rhetorical stance-taking and identity projection.Traditional variationist conceptualizations of style-shifting as a primarily responsive phenomenon seem unable to account for all stylistic choices. In contrast, more recent formulations see stylistic variation as initiative, creative and strategic in personal and