Description
The Language of Magazines:
*shows how linguistic techniques such as puns and presuppositions are used by magazines to capture our attention
*examines how image and text combine to produce meaning
*discusses how ideological messages are conveyed
*analyses how the sexes are constructed through language
*looks at how magazines relate to culture
*explores a wide variety of magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Mens Health, Bliss, Diva, FHM, Sugar and Viz.
About the Author
Linda McLoughlin is a part-time lecturer in English language at Edge Hill College, Ormskirk, Lancashire. She has designed and taught BA and MA courses in English language, specialising in language and gender.
More Details
- Contributor: Linda McLoughlin
- Imprint: Routledge
- ISBN13: 9780415214247
- Number of Pages: 128
- Packaged Dimensions: 174x246mm
- Packaged Weight: 246
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Release Date: 2000-03-23
- Series: Intertext
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Linda McLoughlin is a part-time lecturer in English language at Edge Hill College, Ormskirk, Lancashire. She has designed and taught BA and MA courses in English language, specialising in language and gender.
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