The Discourse of Online Consumer Reviews Contributor(s): Vásquez, Camilla (Author), Hyland, Ken (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1474269257 ISBN-13: 9781474269254 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $51.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics - Business & Economics | Marketing - Research |
Dewey: 658.834 |
Series: Bloomsbury Discourse |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.69 lbs) 216 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Discourse of Online Reviews is the first book to provide an account of the discursive, pragmatic and rhetorical features of this rapidly growing form of technologically-mediated communication. Examining a corpus of over 1,000 consumer reviews, Camilla Vásquez explores many of the discourse features that are characteristic of this new, user-generated, computer-mediated and primarily text-based genre. She investigates the language used by reviewers as they forge connections with their audiences to draw them into their stories, as they construct their expertise and authority on various subjects and as they evaluate and assess their consumer experiences. She also demonstrates how reviewers display their awareness about emerging conventions of the very genre in which they are participating. This book adopts an eclectic approach to the analysis of discourse, and explores topics such as evaluation, identity and intertextuality as they occur in online reviews of hotels, restaurants, recipes, films and other consumer products. |