Stance: Sociolinguistic Perspectives

by Alexandra Jaffe

Book Overview

All communication involves acts of stance, in which speakers take up positions vis-a-vis the expressive, referential, interactional and social implications of their speech. This book brings together contributions in a new and dynamic current of academic explorations of stancetaking as a sociolinguistic phenomenon. Drawing on data from such diverse contexts as advertising, tourism, historical texts, naturally occurring conversation, classroom interaction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199860556
• ISBN13: 9780199860555
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"