The language of museum communication : a diachronic perspective /: a diachronic perspective. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Cecilia Lazzeretti.
• Other Names: Lazzeretti, Cecilia
• Contents: Dedication ; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures ; List of Tables; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Museum Press Releases; 1.2 Museum Public Relations; 1.3 Research Directions; 1.4 Outline of€Contents; References; 2: Theoretical Background; 2.1 The Discourse of€Museum Communication; 2.1.1 Art Discourse; 2.1.2 Promotional Discourse; 2.1.3 Media Discourse; 2.1.4 Museum Communication: Art-Media Speak; 2.2 The Notion of€Genre; 2.3 Working with€Corpora; 2.4 A Diachronic Approach; References; 3: Materials and€Data; 3.1 EPA Diacorpus: A€Diachronic Corpus of€Museum Press Releases. 3.2 Selection of€Newly Emerged Museum GenresReferences; 4: Methodology; 4.1 EPA Diacorpus: Preliminary Analysis; 4.2 EPA Diacorpus: Analysis of€Lexical Change; 4.3 EPA Diacorpus: Analysis of€Structural Change; 4.4 Newly Emerged Museum Genres: Qualitative Analysis; References; 5: Lexical Change of Museum Press Releases; 5.1 Career, Famous, Known; 5.2 Culture, Cultural; 5.3 Landscape, Body; 5.4 Picture, Images; 5.5 Shown, Showing; 5.6 Admission, Tickets, Visitors; 5.7 Painters, Painter; 5.8 Represented, Examples; 5.9 Discussion and€Concluding Remarks; References. 6: Structural Change of€Museum Press Releases6.1 Evolution of€Communicative Moves; 6.2 Use of€Quotations; 6.3 Use of€Narrative Sections; 6.4 Discussion and€Concluding Remarks; References; 7: Evolution of€Exhibition Titles; 7.1 Presence of€Exhibition Titles across the€Decades; 7.2 Lexical Change; 7.3 Structural Change; 7.4 Concluding Remarks; References; 8: Newly Emerged Museum Genres; 8.1 Exhibition Web Presentations; 8.2 Museum E-News; 8.3 Museum Blogs; 8.4 Museum Social Media; 8.5 Discussion and€Concluding Remarks; References; 9: Conclusions. 9.1 The Role of€Museum Press Releases9.2 New and€Old Media: A€Hierarchic Network; 9.3 The Power of€Words in€Museum Communication; References; Appendix I: Sample of€Contemporary Communication Genres Adopted by Museums: List of€Resources; Exhibition Web Presentations (EWPs); Museum e-News; Museum Blogs; Museum Social Media; Appendix II: EPA Diacorpus: List of€ Press Releases; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 069; Linguistics; Communication in museums; Museums -- Social aspects; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Museum Administration & Museology; REFERENCE -- General; TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest; Communication in museums; Museums -- Social aspects; Social Science -- Media Studies; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; Business & Economics -- Public Relations; Media studies; Language: history & general works; Politics & government; Sociolinguistics; Public relations; Discourse analysis; Communication; Cultural policy; Sociolinguistics; Public relations; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Pragmatics; Discourse analysis; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137571496; 1137571497; 1137571489; 9781137571489
• Related ISBNs: 9781137571489; 1137571489
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 26, 2016).
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