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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... pragmatics and cognitive linguistics, to explore the language of plays. Exploring the Language of Drama: • has ... pragmatic theories can be used to help us understand characterization in dialogue; • consider some of the cognitive ...
... pragmatics and cognitive linguistics, to explore the language of plays. Exploring the Language of Drama: • has ... pragmatic theories can be used to help us understand characterization in dialogue; • consider some of the cognitive ...
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... Three models of power in David Mamet's Oleanna Jean Jacques Weber 'Unhappy' confessions in The Crucible: a pragmatic explanation Valerie Lowe vii 19 34 54 67 83 96 112 128 11 12 The give and take of talk, and Caryl Contents.
... Three models of power in David Mamet's Oleanna Jean Jacques Weber 'Unhappy' confessions in The Crucible: a pragmatic explanation Valerie Lowe vii 19 34 54 67 83 96 112 128 11 12 The give and take of talk, and Caryl Contents.
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... pragmatics. He has published in a number of international journals, and has written History of English (1997) for the Routledge workbook series. Currently, he is preparing a book on language and characterization in plays and other texts ...
... pragmatics. He has published in a number of international journals, and has written History of English (1997) for the Routledge workbook series. Currently, he is preparing a book on language and characterization in plays and other texts ...
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... pragmatics, and cognition. Valerie Lowe is currently completing her Ph.D. in stylistics at Lancaster University. Her primary interests are in the area of women's writing and issues connected with language and gender. Her doctoral thesis ...
... pragmatics, and cognition. Valerie Lowe is currently completing her Ph.D. in stylistics at Lancaster University. Her primary interests are in the area of women's writing and issues connected with language and gender. Her doctoral thesis ...
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... Pragmatics and the Dramatic “Character”: Tom Stoppard's Professional Foul', pp. 79–99, 1993, printed with kind permission of Sage Publications Ltd. Donald C. Freeman's chapter is a revised version of an article that first appeared in ...
... Pragmatics and the Dramatic “Character”: Tom Stoppard's Professional Foul', pp. 79–99, 1993, printed with kind permission of Sage Publications Ltd. Donald C. Freeman's chapter is a revised version of an article that first appeared in ...
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