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Fictions at Work: Language and Social Practice in Fiction (Language In Social Life) - Hardcover

Book 13 of 18: Language In Social Life

Talbot, Mary M.

 
9781138439856: Fictions at Work: Language and Social Practice in Fiction (Language In Social Life)

Synopsis

In this book, Mary Talbot shows how fiction works in the constitution and reproduction of social life. She discusses both `high' and `low' fiction, combining discussion of social context with language analysis. Examples are taken from children's tales, romance, horror and science in her language analysis.

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Mary M. Talbot

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