The language of museum communication : a diachronic perspective / Cecilia Lazzeretti.
This volume explores the evolution of the language of museum communication from 1950 to the present day, focusing on its most salient tool, the press release. The analysis is based on a corpus of press releases issued by eight high-profile British and American museums, and has been carried out adopt...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theoretical Background
- 3. Materials and Data
- 4. Methodology
- 5. Lexical Change of Museum Press Releases
- 6. Structural Change of Museum Press Releases
- 7. Evolution of Exhibition Titles
- 8. Newly Emerged Museum Genres
- 9. Conclusions
- Appendix I. Sample of Contemporary Communication Genres Adopted by Museums: List of Resources
- Appendix II. EPA Diacorpus: List of Press Releases.