Elastic Language in Persuasion and Comforting A Cross-Cultural Perspective /

• Main Authors: Zhang, Grace (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Parvaresh, Vahid (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Motion pictures and television.; Discourse analysis.; Pragmatics.; Comparative linguistics.; Chinese language.; Culture.; Australasia.; Screen Studies.; Discourse Analysis.; Comparative Linguistics.; Chinese.; Australasian Culture.

This innovative book examines, from a cross-cultural perspective, the elasticity of language in the popular talent show The Voice. The study discusses how and why elastic language is used in persuasion and comforting. The comparisons made throughout the book between Chinese and English highlight the...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations
• Chapter 3: Methodology
• Chapter 4: Elastic Language in the Chinese Data
• Chapter 5: Elastic Language in the English Data
• Chapter 6: Comparison Between the Chinese and English Findings
• Chapter 7: Elastic Language and Impact Factors
• Chapter 8: Conclusions.