Language Work of Speechwriters

"Drawing on interview data and other sources, this book examines how speechwriters talk about their work, illuminating not only what it is they do, but also why it matters. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students in applied linguistics, discourse studies, linguistic and cultural anthropology, and sociolinguistics"-- Provided by publisher.

List of contents

1. Introduction: wordsmiths and the business of rhetoric; 2. Parameters of professionalism: invisibility, craft, virtue; 3. Invisibility, materiality, and erasure; 4. Craft, creativity, and distinction; 5. Virtue, transgression, and value; 6. Reappraising language work: status competition and elite precarity; Glossary; Appendices.

About the author

Gwynne Mapes is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of English at the University of Bern, Switzerland. She is a critical scholar who has published widely on the topic of food and language. Her recent publications include Elite Authenticity (Oxford University Press, 2021).

Product details

• Authors: Gwynne Mapes, Gwynne (University of Bern) Mapes
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.08.2025
• EAN: 9781009539852
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0953985-2
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Key Topics in Applied Linguistics
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Public speaking guides, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Speeches, Speaking in public: advice and guides, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc