The Language of Sport (Intertext)

by Adrian Beard (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.25

  The Language of Sport:
  * looks in detail at the language of sports-talk including commentary and 'new sportswriting'
  * explores linguistic representation of related issues such as gender, national/regional identity
  * examines the way sport sells itself as an agent of social cohesion and as a way to sell other products
  * includes BBC, ITV and radio transcripts of such sporting events as Euro '96
  

• New

  Paperback
  1998

  $26.16

  The Language of Sport:
  * looks in detail at the language of sports-talk including commentary and 'new sportswriting'
  * explores linguistic representation of related issues such as gender, national/regional identity
  * examines the way sport sells itself as an agent of social cohesion and as a way to sell other products
  * includes BBC, ITV and radio transcripts of such sporting events as Euro '96