02776nam 2200613 450 991081898950332120200520144314.01-283-20798-297866132079821-4411-9863-6(CKB)2670000000106856(EBL)742865(OCoLC)745866169(SSID)ssj0000524609(PQKBManifestationID)12149173(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524609(PQKBWorkID)10486759(PQKB)11302156(MiAaPQ)EBC742865(Au-PeEL)EBL742865(CaPaEBR)ebr10867529(CaONFJC)MIL320798(EXLCZ)99267000000010685620140514h20102010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOpposition in discourse the construction of oppositional meaning /Lesley JeffriesLondon, England ;New York, New York :Continuum International Publishing,2010.©20101 online resource (158 p.)Advances in StylisticsDescription based upon print version of record.1-4411-0162-4 1-84706-512-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: What are opposites?; Chapter Two: How opposites are constructed in texts and what they mean; Chapter Three: Literary effects of constructed opposition; Chapter Four: The role of opposition-construction in discourse meanings; Chapter Five: The significance of opposition in language and texts; Notes; Bibliography; IndexLesley Jeffries introduces a phenomenon which has not been given the attention it deserves - the contextual construction of oppositional meaning. These are opposites not recognisable as such out of context but that are clearly set up this way in the text concerned. The significance of oppositional meaning is well-known, and has been discussed by scholars for millennia, from Philosophy to Politics. But the main emphasis has always been on the conventional opposite: the opposite recognised by lexical semantics. Starting from socio-cultural viewpoints, moving to original research and then cAdvances in stylistics.Opposition (Linguistics)Critical discourse analysisOpposition (Linguistics)Critical discourse analysis.401.41Jeffries Lesley1956-221127MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818989503321Opposition in discourse4120880UNINA