‘What the _?’ On the use of ellipsis and silence in sarcastic media and electoral discourse in Hong Kong

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor	Department of English	-
dc.creator	Wai, BLM	-
dc.creator	Yap, FH	-
dc.date.accessioned	2014-12-11T08:29:22Z	-
dc.date.available	2014-12-11T08:29:22Z	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10397/6990	-
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	‘What the _?’ On the use of ellipsis and silence in sarcastic media and electoral discourse in Hong Kong	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US
dc.description.otherinformation	Author name used in this presentation: Brian WAI	en_US
dc.description.otherinformation	Refereed conference paper	en_US
dcterms.abstract	The objectives of this presentation are:	-
dcterms.abstract	1. To investigate how Hong Kong politicians discredit rivals through verbal indirectness strategies and mitigation of face-threats in tense election competition.	-
dcterms.abstract	2. To explore the strategies employed by news media to express public dissatisfaction through a critical and attention- drawing, yet playful and humourous tone.	-
dcterms.accessRights	open access	en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitation	The 7th Annual International Free Linguistics Conference (FLC), 27-28 September 2013, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong	-
dcterms.issued	2013-09	-
dc.identifier.rosgroupid	r69069	-
dc.description.ros	2013-2014 > Academic research: refereed > Refereed conference paper	-
dc.description.oa	Other Version	en_US
dc.identifier.FolderNumber	OA_IR/PIRA	en_US
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