Intertextuality as a politeness strategy : A qualitative study of the use and function of intertextuality in the television series Suits

This paper investigates the use and function of intertextuality in the television series Suits, and examines the interplay between intertextuality and politeness. Intertextuality allows a text to incorporate other texts and to draw upon connotations that belong to those texts. Politeness theory offe...

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Main Author: Brandström, Felicia
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen 2014
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-100265