Formulaic Genres - Hardcover

Kuiper, K.

 
9780230553521: Formulaic Genres
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0230553524 ISBN 13: 9780230553521
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Synopsis

Mikhail Bakhtin was right. Humans could not use the languages they know without also learning the genres which govern so much of our social life. These genres frequently consist of rules prescribing the order in which we must say things and formulaic phraseology which prescribes what can and should be said. Native speakers know only a small fraction of the formulaic genres in a speech community. This relativizes the concept of a native speaker in all situations. Koenraad Kuiper illustrates these views with an array of fascinating case studies of engagement notice writers, horse race commentators, weather forecasters, pump aerobics instructors, square dance callers, cartoonists, and Red Guards.

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About the Author

Koenraad Kuiper is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, and Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney, Australia.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0230553524
ISBN 13 
9780230553521
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
237