The Linguistics of Crime
| Author | : John Douthwaite |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 351 |
| Release | : 2022-12-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781108471008 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1108471005 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Linguistics of Crime by : John Douthwaite
Download or read book The Linguistics of Crime written by John Douthwaite and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the social and ideological importance of crime, and the great fascination it holds, from a linguistic angle. Drawing on ideas from stylistics, cognitive linguistics, metaphor theory, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis and pragmatics, it compares and contrasts the linguistic representation of crime across a range of genres.
