This preface illustrates the main aim of the volume and the type of analysis carried out to explore linguistic features, cultural and discursive practices within the genres investigated in order to challenge the hypothesis of a levelling English monoculture in the global era. It also introduces the contributions included in the volume which belong to domains of specialized discourse and explore ‘languaging’ strategies, verbal, visual, multimodal, mainly in comparative / contrastive analyses which highlight the dynamics of cultural encoding and/or re-encoding in texts.
Preface / DI MARTINO, Gabriella; Polese, Vanda. - STAMPA. - (2005), pp. 7-10.
Preface
DI MARTINO, GABRIELLA;POLESE, VANDA
2005
Abstract
This preface illustrates the main aim of the volume and the type of analysis carried out to explore linguistic features, cultural and discursive practices within the genres investigated in order to challenge the hypothesis of a levelling English monoculture in the global era. It also introduces the contributions included in the volume which belong to domains of specialized discourse and explore ‘languaging’ strategies, verbal, visual, multimodal, mainly in comparative / contrastive analyses which highlight the dynamics of cultural encoding and/or re-encoding in texts.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
