| Description |
1 online resource (315 pages) |
| Series |
Pragmatics & beyond new series ; v. 211 |
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Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 211
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| Contents |
Telecinematic Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; Part I. Cinematic discourse; 2. Discourse analysis of film dialogues; 3. Using film as linguistic specimen; 4. Multimodal realisations of mind style in Enduring Love; 5. Pragmatic deviance in realist horror films; 6. Emotion and empathy in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas; 7. Quantifying the emotional tone of James Bond films; 8. Structure and function in the generic staging of film trailers; Part II. Televisual discourse |
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9. "I don't know what they're saying half the time, but I'm hooked on the series"10. The stability of the televisual character; 11. Star Trek: Voyager's Seven of nine; 12. Relationship impression formation; 13. Genre, performance and Sex and the City; 14. Bumcivilian; References; List of tables; List of figures; Index of films and TV series; Index |
| Summary |
This cutting-edge collection of articles provides the first organised reflection on the language of films and television series across British, American and Italian cultures. The volume suggests new directions for research and applications, and offers a variety of methodologies and perspectives on the complexities of "telecinematic" discourse - a hitherto virtually unexplored area of investigation in linguistics. The papers share a common vision of the big and small screen: the belief that the discourses of film and television offer a re-presentation of our world. As such, telecinematic texts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Television broadcasting -- Language
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Dialogue in motion pictures.
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Discourse analysis
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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Dialogue in motion pictures
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Discourse analysis
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Television broadcasting -- Language
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Films.
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Televisieseries.
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Discourse analysis.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Piazza, Roberta.
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Bednarek, Monika, 1977-
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Rossi, Fabio, 1967-
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| LC no. |
2011015156 |
| ISBN |
9789027285157 |
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9027285152 |
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1283174812 |
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9781283174817 |
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9786613174819 |
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6613174815 |
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