Allusions in the Press: An Applied Linguistic Study

by Paul Lennon

This corpus-based study of allusions in the British press shows the range of targets journalists allude to - from Shakespeare to TV soaps, from Jane Austen to Hillary Clinton, from hymns to nursery rhymes, proverbs and riddles. It analyzes the linguistic forms allusions take and demonstrates how allusions function meaningfully in discourse. It explores the nature of the background cultural and intertextual knowledge allusions demand of readers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110179504
• ISBN13: 9783110179507
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary