新聞における引用：応用言語学的研究 Allusions in the Press : An Applied Linguistic Study （2004. XIV, 297 S. 36 schw.-w. Tab.）

Lennon, Paul

DE GRUYTER; DE GRUYTER MOUTON（2004発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 298 p. 36 tables
• 商品コード 9783110179507

基本説明

This corpus-based study of allusions in the British press shows the range of targets journalists allude to - from Shakespeare to TV soaps. The nature of the background cultural and intertextual knowledge allusions demand of readers are explored.

Full Description

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 and sets out the processing stages involved in understanding an allusion. Allusion is integrated into existing theories of indirect language and linked to idioms, word-play and metaphor.

Contents

Introduction
Theories of indirect language comprehension
Previous work on allusion
A newspaper corpus of allusions: Initial analysis (of quotations, titles, proverbs, formulaic text, names and naming phrases, set phrases)
The alluding and target units
The comprehension of allusions
The functions of allusion
Conclusion
Appendix: The national dailies: Social class and age of readers, average daily sales 1995
Notes
List of primary texts
References