Talking in Clich©s

The Use of Stock Phrases in Discourse and Communication

By: Stella Bullo, Derek Bousfield

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Paperback | 3 November 2022

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For decades, social perspectives, and even academic studies of language, have considered clich s as a hackneyed, tired, lazy, unthinking and uninspiring form of communication. Authored by two established scholars in the fields of Systemic-Functional Linguistics and Discourse Studies and Pragmatics, this cutting-edge book comprehensively explores the perception and use of clich s in language from these complementary perspectives. It draws data from a variety of both written and spoken sources, to re-interrogate and re-imagine the nature, role and usage of clich s, identifying the innovative and creative ways in which the concepts are utilised in communication, interaction, and in self-presentation. Observing a rich, complex layering of usage, the authors deconstruct the many and varied ways in which clich s operate and are interdependently constructed; from the role they play in discourse in general, to their functions as argumentative strategies, as constructs of social cognition, as politeness strategies, and finally as markers of identity.

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'... this book is essential reading for graduate students and faculty in the disciplines of communication and rhetoric. Its ideas can be used to stimulate critical thinking in basic undergraduate communication or language arts courses. ... Highly recommended' M. M. Stoltz, Choice

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