{"product_id":"formulaic-genres-k-kuiper-9780230553521","title":"Formulaic Genres","description":"Mikhail Bakhtin was right. Humans could not use the languages they know without also learning the genres which govern so much of our social life. These genres frequently consist of rules prescribing the order in which we must say things and formulaic phraseology which prescribes what can and should be said. Native speakers know only a small fraction of the formulaic genres in a speech community. This relativizes the concept of a native speaker in all situations. Koenraad Kuiper illustrates these views with an array of fascinating case studies of engagement notice writers, horse race commentators, weather forecasters, pump aerobics instructors, square dance callers, cartoonists, and Red Guards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K. Kuiper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0230553524\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230553521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d","brand":"K. Kuiper","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48517279842559,"sku":"9780230553521","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87be3aac-98e9-4368-9fc4-6a30f27e754a.jpg?v=1778731094","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/formulaic-genres-k-kuiper-9780230553521","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}