Television dramatic dialogue : a sociolinguistic study /

When we watch and listen to actors speaking lines that have been written by someone else the illusion of 'people talking' is strong. 'Television Dramatic Dialogue' examines, from an applied sociolinguistic perspective, and with reference to television, the particular kind of arti...

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Main Author: Richardson, Kay, 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Series:Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:When we watch and listen to actors speaking lines that have been written by someone else the illusion of 'people talking' is strong. 'Television Dramatic Dialogue' examines, from an applied sociolinguistic perspective, and with reference to television, the particular kind of artificial talk that we know as dialogue.
Physical Description:1 online resource (255 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index.
ISBN:9780199705955
019970595X
9786613096449
661309644X
1283096447
9781283096447