Formulaicity and Creativity in Language and Literature
Author:   Ian MacKenzie ,  Martin A. Kayman (Cardiff University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367229672


Pages:   116
Publication Date:   07 February 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Ian MacKenzie ,  Martin A. Kayman (Cardiff University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.226kg
ISBN:  

9780367229672


ISBN 10:   0367229676
Pages:   116
Publication Date:   07 February 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction: Formulaicity and creativity in language and literature 1. Formulaic sequences: a drop in the ocean of constructions or something more significant? 2. Begging the question: chunking, compositionality and language change 3. How native and non-native speakers of English interpret unfamiliar formulaic sequences 4. Rewriting the fairy tale in Louise Murphy’s and Lisa Goldstein’s Holocaust narratives 5. Transforming the pantomime formula in J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan 6. ‘The Hollow Echo’: Gothic fiction and the structure of a formulaic pattern

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Ian MacKenzie recently retired from the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. His research largely concerns the role and nature of English as an international language. Martin A. Kayman is a former Head of the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University, UK, and a general editor of the European Journal of English Studies. He researches and publishes on law and literature, and on the cultural politics of English as a global language.

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