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The Linguistics of Social Media
This accessible textbook introduces concepts and frameworks from linguistics and uses them in the analysis of language on social media. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics and with examples drawn from 12 different social media platforms, including TikTok, Twitter (the book was written prior to the X rebrand), Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat, The Linguistics of Social Media: An Introduction provides the tools to unpick how language is used to portray a particular identity, to persuade, to inform, to amuse and entertain, to vent and to complain. Analysing the language of social media highlights the strategies which operate in the messages and posts found on such platforms. Together, th...
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Saying What You See
The big question: what is the point of art? Why do some artists choose to work with visual media? What is a text? Or do you mean 'txt'? What is this book about? Artworks are a form of communication. The communications of an artist, like all other forms of communication, are often mysterious and complex, but each artist's works are the best way he or she knows to say those things. If it could be easily expressed in words, the artist would do it that way with much less effort. It is not surprising, then, that when we come to talk or write about art, we often find ourselves talking about things that are difficult to express. Luckily, responding to art is analogous to reading written works. The ...
The Walking Stick's Story
Rosina lives a busy life, with the help of her colourful Walking Stick. The Walking Stick is happy: "Rosina could not manage without me!" One morning Rosina leaves the house, and her Walking Stick, behind. The rain falls outside the window, and the Walking Stick begins to see there will be a change in their life together.
Theatricality, Dark Tourism and Ethical Spectatorship
Works of theatre that depict grievous histories derive their force from making audible voices of the past. Such performances, theatrical or tourist, require the attentive belief of spectators. This engaging new study explores how theatricality works in each instance and how 'playing the part' of the listener can be understood in ethical terms.
