Naciscione Anita. Stylistic Use of Phraseological Units in Discourse

John Benjamins, 2010. — xiii, 292 pages. — ISBN: 978-90-272-1176-7; ISBN: 978-90-272-8769-4.Stylistic Use of Phraseaological Units in Discourse received honourable mention of the ESSE Book Award 2012 in the field of English Language and Linguistics.This interdisciplinary study presents the cutting-edge state of theoretical and applied research in the fascinating field of phraseology. The author elaborates key terminology and theoretical concepts of phraseology, while challenging some prevailing assumptions. Exploration of phraseological meaning across sentence boundaries is supported by ample textual illustrations of stylistic use ranging from Old English to Modern English. The book contains innovative research in the discourse-level features of phraseological units from a cognitive perspective, along with creative use of phraseological metaphor, metonymy and allusion, multimodal discourse included. The author argues for applied stylistics as a distinct area and the need to raise stylistic awareness among teachers and learners, translators, lexicographers and advertisers. The book offers an extensive glossary of key terms and a comprehensive bibliography.Stylistic Use of Phraseological Units in Discourse is a skilfully revised and extensively expanded new edition of the author’s previously published 'Phraseological Units in Discourse: Towards Applied Stylistics' (2001).Phraseological units in discourse
Phraseology and cognitive stylistics
A discourse-based approach
The breakthrough of cognitive stylistics
The phraseological unit
Phraseology and stylistics
Attitudes to stylistic use of PUs
Stylistic use of PUs in dictionaries
Identifiation of phraseological units in discourse
The phraseological unit and its base form
Core use
The concept of instantial stylistic use
Identifiation procedure
Key concepts of instantial stylistic use in discourse
Stability of phraseological units in instantial use
Phraseological cohesion
Patterns of instantial use: Continuity versus change
Discoursal character of instantial use: Sustainability of phraseological image
The most common patterns of instantial stylistic use
Extended phraseological metaphor
Phraseological pun
Clef use
Phraseological allusion
Phraseological units in the web of discourse
Instantial aspects of phraseological reiteration in discourse
Instantial cumulative use: The potential of the diminutive in English phraseology
Instantial concurrent use
Instantial phraseological saturation of discourse
Comprehensive instantial use
Visual representation of phraseological image
Visual representation and phraseological units
Visual representation of instantial stylistic use
Visual representation in media discourse
Implicit visual messages
A discourse dimension
Visual literacy as a cognitive skill
Towards applied stylistics
Applied stylistics and instantial stylistic use
The rise of applied stylistics
Teaching and learning
Translation of phraseological units in discourse
Lexicography, glossography, notes and comments
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