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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From Text to Context Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, Peter Verdonk. P ing he x guage ploring fama exploring the langua Interface f dram exploring the h ng me Exploring the Language of Drama A qu rama I k angu On xpl kat FROM TEXT TO CONTEXT ...
From Text to Context Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, Peter Verdonk. P ing he x guage ploring fama exploring the langua Interface f dram exploring the h ng me Exploring the Language of Drama A qu rama I k angu On xpl kat FROM TEXT TO CONTEXT ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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From Text to Context Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, Peter Verdonk. 11 The give and take of talk , and Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine 142 Michael Toolan 12 Advice on doing your stylistics essay on a dramatic text : an example from Alan ...
From Text to Context Jonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, Peter Verdonk. 11 The give and take of talk , and Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine 142 Michael Toolan 12 Advice on doing your stylistics essay on a dramatic text : an example from Alan ...
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Contents
From dramatic text to dramatic performance | 6 |
Turn management in drama | 19 |
studying discourses of incongruity | 34 |
Implicature convention and The Taming of the Shrew | 54 |
Macbeth | 96 |
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