Style, mediation, and change : sociolinguistic perspectives on talking media /

Mediated talk is organised around familiar styles - styles of person, relationship and genre. But media also consistently remake and re-style these familiar patterns. This work brings together original research of media styling in different national contexts and languages. It highlights and theorise...

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Other Authors: Mortensen, Janus (Editor), Coupland, Nikolas, 1950- (Editor), Thøgersen, Jacob (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Series:Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Mediated talk is organised around familiar styles - styles of person, relationship and genre. But media also consistently remake and re-style these familiar patterns. This work brings together original research of media styling in different national contexts and languages. It highlights and theorises how creative acts of mediated styling can promote social and sociolinguistic change.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2017.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190629519
0190629517
9780190629496
0190629495
9780190629502
0190629509