Drawing on interview data and other sources, this book examines how speechwriters talk about their work, illuminating not only what it is they do, but also why it matters. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students in applied linguistics, discourse studies, linguistic and cultural anthropology, and sociolinguistics.
Drawing on interview data and other sources, this book examines how speechwriters talk about their work, illuminating not only what it is they do, but also why it matters. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students in applied linguistics, discourse studies, linguistic and cultural anthropology, and sociolinguistics.
Gwynne Mapes is a senior researcher in the Department of English at the University of Bern, Switzerland. She is a critical scholar who has published widely on the topic of food and language. Her recent publications include Elite Authenticity (Oxford University Press, 2021).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: wordsmiths and the business of rhetoric 2. Parameters of professionalism: invisibility, craft, virtue 3. Invisibility, materiality, and erasure 4. Craft, creativity, and distinction 5. Virtue, transgression, and value 6. Reappraising language work: status competition and elite precarity Glossary Appendices.
1. Introduction: wordsmiths and the business of rhetoric 2. Parameters of professionalism: invisibility, craft, virtue 3. Invisibility, materiality, and erasure 4. Craft, creativity, and distinction 5. Virtue, transgression, and value 6. Reappraising language work: status competition and elite precarity Glossary Appendices.
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