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
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2010, 2010
Series:Oxford studies in sociolinguistics / Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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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:x, 255 p. 1 ill
ISBN:9780199776177
0199776172