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020			_a9781139236218 (ebook)
020			_z9781107028449 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aP99.4.P72 _bZ53 2015
082	0	0	_a401/.45 _223
100	1		_aZhang, Grace, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aElastic language : _bhow and why we stretch our words / _cGrace Zhang.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 242 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aElastic language carries non-specific and stretchable meaning, as in'He loves her, kind of'. It is used like a slingshot, targeting various strategic goals. Consolidating current research and charting new directions, this book develops a refreshing theory of elasticity, empirically attested by natural language data from tension-prone encounters between Australian Customs officers and passengers. The theory proposes three principles (fluidity, stretchability and strategy) and offers a systematic look at how elastic language, as a sliding scale, works to balance strengthening and weakening speech tones, to firm and soften a speaker's stance, and to reveal and evade the truth. The comparative analysis of forms, functions, and context confirms that elastic language is fluid, stretchable, and strategic. It serves both cooperative and competitive functions, and social and speech factors impact on its use. This book will appeal to students and researchers working in pragmatics, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and communication.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical foundations; 3. Elasticity Theory; 4. Methodology; 5. Linguistic realisation of elastic language; 6. Strategies of elastic language; 7. Elastic language, power and gender; 8. Elastic language and speech factors; 9. General discussion; 10. Conclusions and implications.
650		0	_aPragmatics _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aSemantics.
650		0	_aPlays on words.
650		0	_aVagueness (Philosophy)
650		0	_aSpeech acts (Linguistics)
650		0	_aSociolinguistics _xResearch.
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xPhilosophy.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107028449
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236218
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