Identity, interaction and intertextuality in dating ads : a discourse analytical study

This thesis examines a type of 'little text', the print medium dating ad, using a variety of discourse-analytical approaches situated within a broadly systemic functional linguistic perspective. Its aim is two-fold: to show how ad writers mould the written medium of their ads to meet their...

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Main Author: Marley, Carol Nicola
Published: University of Birmingham 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419717