The Language of Money and Debt A Multidisciplinary Approach
This book analyses the language that ordinary people employ when discussing money, debt and financial behaviour. It documents and critiques this language from an array of disciplinary perspectives, with chapters on children’s books, government infomercial
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E d i t e d by Annabelle Mooney and Evi Sifaki
The Language of Money and Debt
Annabelle Mooney • Evi Sifaki Editors
The Language of Money and Debt A Multidisciplinary Approach
Editors Annabelle Mooney Department of Media, Culture and Language University of Roehampton London, United Kingdom
Evi Sifaki Department of Media, Culture and Language University of Roehampton London, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-3-319-57567-4 ISBN 978-3-319-57568-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-57568-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017946187 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image ©f:nalinframe / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
This book is largely a result of a seminar held in September 2015. Sponsored by the British Association of Applied Linguistics and Cambridge University Press, a two-day event was convened at the University of Roehampton. The keynote was given by Dr Liz Morrish and many of the other chapters in this collection were presented. The connections between issues and topics covered were so rich they immediately prompted a discussion of how to turn the contributions into a book. Laura Paterson’s presentation at the conference had already been accepted for publication (Paterson, L. L., Coffey-Glover, L. & Peplow, D. (2016). Negotiating stance within discourses of class: Reactions to Benefits Street. Discourse and Society, 27(2), 195–214) but she and her colleagues kindly provided the chapter in this book. Having recently become aware of Brookes and Harvey’s work and Custers’ research, we invited them to submit chapters too. The book foll
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