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Troubled talk : metaphorical negotiation in problem discourse / by Irit Kupferberg, David Green.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Language, power, and social process ; 15.Publication details: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2005.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110897630
  • 3110897636
  • 9783110184167
  • 3110184168
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Troubled talk.DDC classification:
  • 401/.41 22
LOC classification:
  • P302.8 .K868 2005eb
Online resources:
Contents:
""Preface""; ""List of the troubled selves""; ""Part 1 Defining the boundaries for problem discourse""; ""Chapter 1 Situating problem discourse in a postmodern landscape""; ""1. The troubled self visits actual and virtual sites""; ""2. Institutional discourse: Between the panopticon and the workshop room""; ""Chapter 2 Theoretical and methodological frameworks""; ""1. Theoretical framework""; ""1.1. Functional approaches to discourse""; ""1.2. Global coherence""; ""1.3. Narrative evaluation""; ""1.4. Worlds of discourse""; ""1.5. Discourse-oriented perspective on figurative language""
""2. Methodological framework""""2.1. Corpora""; ""2.2. Data collection and analysis""; ""3. Overview of the book""; ""Part 2 Figurative bridges in radio, hotline and cyber discourse""; ""Chapter 3 Organizing tropes""; ""1. The troubled caller makes a phone call""; ""1.1. Effective interactions""; ""1.2. Ineffective interactions""; ""2. Summary""; ""Chapter 4 Open your call with a title""; ""1. Topic-focused program: “I advise you to hate your mother�""; ""2. General program: “I don�t know how to get close to my middle son�""; ""3. Summary""; ""Chapter 5 Figurative conspiracies""
""1. Hotline sufferers""""1.1. “Am I their floor rag?�""; ""1.2. “The lion and the snake�""; ""1.3. “My life is a story in a book�""; ""2. Summary""; ""Chapter 6 Cyber multilogues""; ""1. Cyberspace sufferers""; ""1.1. “Why not be ahead of my time?�""; ""1.2. “I was the best source of light on the market�""; ""2. Summary""; ""Part 3 The discursive construction of control""; ""Chapter 7 Negotiating the right to advertise the self""; ""1. The healer: “I produce a new mechanism that controls the addictive behavior�""
""2. The lesbian: “That person didn�t have horns and didn�t have a beard�""""3. Summary""; ""Chapter 8 The construction of addictive disorders in discourse""; ""1. Addictive behaviors and codependency""; ""2. Addicted and codependent selves""; ""2.1. The love addict: “Everything simply started snowballing�""; ""2.2. The obese eater: “I�m a blender�""; ""2.3. The sex addict: “But sex was always something strong inside�""; ""2.4. The abstinent gambler: “I�m not there today�""; ""2.5. An ex-alcoholic�s wife: “He becomes a nervous wreck that drags you along�""
""2.6. The anorexic�s mother: “We live in daily hell�""""3. Summary""; ""Part 4 Redefining the boundaries of problem discourse""; ""Chapter 9 Theoretical conclusions and action-oriented implications""; ""1. Theoretical conclusions: Global figurative coherence in a multilogue""; ""1.1. Professional and lay voices reshape the boundaries of problem discourse""; ""1.2. Figurative trans-world journeys""; ""2. Action-oriented implications""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Author index""; ""Subject index""
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-214) and indexes.

""Preface""; ""List of the troubled selves""; ""Part 1 Defining the boundaries for problem discourse""; ""Chapter 1 Situating problem discourse in a postmodern landscape""; ""1. The troubled self visits actual and virtual sites""; ""2. Institutional discourse: Between the panopticon and the workshop room""; ""Chapter 2 Theoretical and methodological frameworks""; ""1. Theoretical framework""; ""1.1. Functional approaches to discourse""; ""1.2. Global coherence""; ""1.3. Narrative evaluation""; ""1.4. Worlds of discourse""; ""1.5. Discourse-oriented perspective on figurative language""

""2. Methodological framework""""2.1. Corpora""; ""2.2. Data collection and analysis""; ""3. Overview of the book""; ""Part 2 Figurative bridges in radio, hotline and cyber discourse""; ""Chapter 3 Organizing tropes""; ""1. The troubled caller makes a phone call""; ""1.1. Effective interactions""; ""1.2. Ineffective interactions""; ""2. Summary""; ""Chapter 4 Open your call with a title""; ""1. Topic-focused program: “I advise you to hate your mother�""; ""2. General program: “I don�t know how to get close to my middle son�""; ""3. Summary""; ""Chapter 5 Figurative conspiracies""

""1. Hotline sufferers""""1.1. “Am I their floor rag?�""; ""1.2. “The lion and the snake�""; ""1.3. “My life is a story in a book�""; ""2. Summary""; ""Chapter 6 Cyber multilogues""; ""1. Cyberspace sufferers""; ""1.1. “Why not be ahead of my time?�""; ""1.2. “I was the best source of light on the market�""; ""2. Summary""; ""Part 3 The discursive construction of control""; ""Chapter 7 Negotiating the right to advertise the self""; ""1. The healer: “I produce a new mechanism that controls the addictive behavior�""

""2. The lesbian: “That person didn�t have horns and didn�t have a beard�""""3. Summary""; ""Chapter 8 The construction of addictive disorders in discourse""; ""1. Addictive behaviors and codependency""; ""2. Addicted and codependent selves""; ""2.1. The love addict: “Everything simply started snowballing�""; ""2.2. The obese eater: “I�m a blender�""; ""2.3. The sex addict: “But sex was always something strong inside�""; ""2.4. The abstinent gambler: “I�m not there today�""; ""2.5. An ex-alcoholic�s wife: “He becomes a nervous wreck that drags you along�""

""2.6. The anorexic�s mother: “We live in daily hell�""""3. Summary""; ""Part 4 Redefining the boundaries of problem discourse""; ""Chapter 9 Theoretical conclusions and action-oriented implications""; ""1. Theoretical conclusions: Global figurative coherence in a multilogue""; ""1.1. Professional and lay voices reshape the boundaries of problem discourse""; ""1.2. Figurative trans-world journeys""; ""2. Action-oriented implications""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Author index""; ""Subject index""

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