Talking in Clichés

For decades social perspectives and even academic studies of language have considered clichs as a hackneyed tired lazy unthinking and uninspiring form of communication. Authored by two established scholars in the fields of Systemic-Functional Linguistics and Discourse Studies and Pragmatics this cutting-edge book comprehensively explores the perception and use of clichs in language from these complementary perspectives. It draws data from a variety of both written and spoken sources to re-interr...See More