Exploring the Language of Drama: From Text to ContextJonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, Peter Verdonk Exploring the Language of Drama introduces students to the stylistic analysis of drama. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the contributors use techniques of language analysis, particularly from discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics and pragmatics, to explore the language of plays. The contributors demonstrate the validity of analysing the text of a play, as opposed to focusing on performance. Divided into four broad, yet interconnecting groups, the chapters:
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... text of a play, as opposed to focusing on performance. Divided into four broad yet inter-connecting groups, the chapters: • open up some of the basic mechanisms of conversation and show how they are used in dramatic dialogue; • look at ...
... text of a play, as opposed to focusing on performance. Divided into four broad yet inter-connecting groups, the chapters: • open up some of the basic mechanisms of conversation and show how they are used in dramatic dialogue; • look at ...
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... Texts in society: societies in text Tony Bex English in Speech and Writing Investigating language and literature Rebecca Hughes Language through Literature An introduction Paul Simpson Patterns in ... Drama From Text to Context Edited.
... Texts in society: societies in text Tony Bex English in Speech and Writing Investigating language and literature Rebecca Hughes Language through Literature An introduction Paul Simpson Patterns in ... Drama From Text to Context Edited.
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From Text to Context Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, Peter Verdonk. Exploring the Language of Drama From Text to Context Edited by Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short and Peter Verdonk London and New York First published 1998 by Routledge 11 ...
From Text to Context Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, Peter Verdonk. Exploring the Language of Drama From Text to Context Edited by Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short and Peter Verdonk London and New York First published 1998 by Routledge 11 ...
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... drama: from text to context/[edited by] Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, and Peter Verdonk. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. English drama—History and criticism. 2. English language—Style. 3. Drama—Technique. I ...
... drama: from text to context/[edited by] Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, and Peter Verdonk. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. English drama—History and criticism. 2. English language—Style. 3. Drama—Technique. I ...
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