Television dramatic dialogue
Subtitle: a sociolinguistic study
By: Kay Richardson
Series: Oxford studies in sociolinguistics; Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780195374056; 9780195374063
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-235) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Previous research; title: What is tv dialogue like?; title: What tv screenwriters know about dialogue; title: What audiences know about dialogue; title: Dialogue as social interaction; title: Dialogue, character and social cognition; title: Dialogue and dramatic meaning : life on Mars; title: House and snark; title: Conclusion.