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Opposition in discourse : the construction of oppositional meaning / Lesley Jeffries.
Lesley Jeffries introduces a phenomenon which has not been given the attention it deserves - the contextual construction of oppositional meaning.€ These are opposites not recognisable as such out of context but that are clearly set up this way in the text concerned. € The significance of oppositional meaning is well-known, and has been discussed by scholars for millennia, from Philosophy to Politics.€ But the main emphasis has always been on the conventional opposite: the opposite recognised by lexical semantics. € Starting from socio-cultural viewpoints, moving to original.
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- ISBN: 9781441198631
- ISBN: 1441198636
- ISBN: 1283207982
- ISBN: 9781283207980
- ISBN: 9786613207982
- ISBN: 6613207985
- ISBN: 9781472593771
- ISBN: 1472593774
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 147 pages) : illustrations.
- Publisher: London ; Continuum, ©2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-140) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgements; Chapter One: What are opposites?; Chapter Two: How opposites are constructed in texts and what they mean; Chapter Three: Literary effects of constructed opposition; Chapter Four: The role of opposition-construction in discourse meanings; Chapter Five: The significance of opposition in language and texts; Notes; Bibliography; Index; |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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