Tabloid Britain: Constructing a Community Through Language

by Martin Conboy

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Tabloid Britainexamines four popular tabloid newspapers and uncovers the variety of linguistics strategies they use to depict contemporary Britain. These strategies are shown to construct, in a circular fashion, an impersonation of the language of the community of readers which the newspapers seek to attract.

Including examples taken from a month-long study, Martin Conboy considers how this imaginary community of the British nation is drawn...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0415355524

ISBN13:9780415355520

Release Date:November 2005

Publisher:Routledge

Length:238 Pages

Weight:1.19 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Language Arts Social Science Social Sciences

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