Popping the question: questions and modality in written dating advertisements  

Oleh:

Marley, Carol

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Discourse Studies (Full Text) vol. 4 no. 1 (Feb. 2002), page 75-98.
Topik: dating advertisements; functional grammar; interaction; modality; questions
Fulltext: 75DES41.pdf (122.68KB)

Isi artikel

At the centre of the genre of dating advertisements is a tension between speech and writing, process and product, interaction and transaction. In this article I investigate some of the interpersonal resources available to writers of advertisements to achieve the goal of interacting in writing with a potential partner. I first consider the ways in which advertisers use questions and answers to enact and project speech-like interactional roles for themselves and their readers, in order to encourage an overt response to their textual initiations and open a conversation with a suitable partner. I then consider their use of modality to engage potential partners and negotiate mutual suitability. I conclude by comparing the generic function of these two areas of interpersonal resource and suggest a relationship of agnation between them.

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