Talking in Clichés: The Use of Stock Phrases in Discourse and Communication

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Stella Bullo (Manchester Metropolitan University) Derek Bousfield (Manchester Metropolitan University)

Talking in Clichés

The Use of Stock Phrases in Discourse and Communication

Stella Bullo (Manchester Metropolitan University), Derek Bousfield (Manchester Metropolitan University)

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Cambridge University Press
03 November 2022

Sociolinguistics; Language acquisition; Dialect, slang & jargon

For decades, social perspectives, and even academic studies of language, have considered clichés as a hackneyed, tired, lazy, unthinking and uninspiring form of communication. Authored by two established scholars in the fields of Systemic-Functional Linguistics and Discourse Studies and Pragmatics, this cutting-edge book comprehensively explores the perception and use of clichés in language from these complementary perspectives. It draws data from a variety of both written and spoken sources, to re-interrogate and re-imagine the nature, role and usage of clichés, identifying the innovative and creative ways in which the concepts are utilised in communication, interaction, and in self-presentation. Observing a rich, complex layering of usage, the authors deconstruct the many and varied ways in which clichés operate and are interdependently constructed; from the role they play in discourse in general, to their functions as argumentative strategies, as constructs of social cognition, as politeness strategies, and finally as markers of identity.

By: Stella Bullo (Manchester Metropolitan University), Derek Bousfield (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 450g
ISBN: 9781108471633
ISBN 10: 1108471633
Pages: 275
Publication Date: 03 November 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Abbreviations; 1. On Clichés; 2. Clichés in discourse; 3. Clichés as argumentative strategies; 4. Clichés as social cognition; 5. Clichés as politeness strategies in evaluation; 6. Clichés as identity markers; 7. Concluding remarks; 8. Appendix 1: Clichés in news comments; 9. Appendix 2: Clichés in corporate mission statements; 10. Appendix 3: Clichés in evaluation; 11. Appendix 4: Clichés as identity markers in The Apperentice BBC's reality TV show.

Stella Bullo is a Researcher in Discourse Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of Evaluation in Advertising Reception (Palgrave, 2014). Her work on health discourse has been featured in BBC Radio World Service, The Conversation and The New York Times. Derek Bousfield is Head of Department and Reader in Pragmatics and Communication at Manchester Metropolitan University. Prominent publications include Impoliteness in Interaction (John Benjamins, 2008) and Impoliteness in Language (co-edited with Locher, De Gruyter, 2008).

Reviews for Talking in Clichés: The Use of Stock Phrases in Discourse and Communication

'… this book is essential reading for graduate students and faculty in the disciplines of communication and rhetoric. Its ideas can be used to stimulate critical thinking in basic undergraduate communication or language arts courses. … Highly recommended' M. M. Stoltz, Choice