Analysis of back cover books blurbs in English
Author
Source
Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences
Issue
Vol. 1, Issue 20 (30 Apr. 2015), pp.426-437, 12 p.
Publisher
University of Babylon College of Basic Education
Publication Date
2015-04-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
Abstract AR
الغرض من هذه الدراسة تحليل خمس تعريفات لكتب تصدر من نفس المؤسسة (هودر أجوكيشن).
تناقش الدراسة خاصيتين من خصائص تعريفات الكتب : الغرض التخاطبي و استعمال بعض الأساليب اللغوية و النصية.
الهدف من تعريفات الكتب هو اطلاع و إقناع المشتري أو القراء بشراء الكتاب.
طبق نموذج جي فالور على التعريفات الخمسة المنتخبة.
اظهر التحليل أن التنوع لا يشمل الخصائص اللغوية و النصية كما توصلت إليه الدراسات السابقة و لكن تشمل أيضا البنية النوعية أو ما يسمى النقلات البلاغية بحسب موضوع الكتاب.
Abstract EN
The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of blurbs of five books belonging to the same series in linguistics (Language Series) published by the same publishing house (Hodder Education).
The study discusses the two characteristics of blurbs: the communicative purpose and the use of some linguistic and discourse conventions.
Blurbs are written to inform about the book as well as to persuade potential buyers/readers to acquire it.
A model proposed by Gea-Valor (2005) is applied to these five blurbs.
The analysis is split into two parts: the rhetorical structure (in terms of Gea-Valor’s three-move model) and the linguistic and discourse conventions of: complimenting, ellipsis, the imperative, the address form you, rhetorical questions and excerpts from books.
The analysis of the five blurbs has revealed that not only the linguistic and discourse features are subject to variation, as claimed by some studies, but also the generic structure (rhetorical moves) varies depending on the subject of the book.
In other words, blurbs are topic-controlled.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Muhammad, Ahmad. 2015. Analysis of back cover books blurbs in English. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences،Vol. 1, no. 20, pp.426-437.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-581058
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Muhammad, Ahmad. Analysis of back cover books blurbs in English. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences Vol. 1, no. 20 (Apr. 2015), pp.426-437.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-581058
American Medical Association (AMA)
Muhammad, Ahmad. Analysis of back cover books blurbs in English. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences. 2015. Vol. 1, no. 20, pp.426-437.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-581058
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 436-437
Record ID
BIM-581058