Language and Characterisation in Television Series : A Corpus-informed Approach to the Construction of Social Identity in the Media
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| Title: | Language and Characterisation in Television Series : A Corpus-informed Approach to the Construction of Social Identity in the Media |
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| Description: | This book explores how language is used to create characters in fictional television series. To do so, it draws on multiple case studies from the United States and Australia. Brought together in this book for the first time, these case studies constitute more than the sum of their parts. They highlight different aspects of televisual characterisation and showcase the use of different data, methods, and approaches in its analysis. Uniquely, the book takes a mixed-method approach and will thus not only appeal to corpus linguists but also researchers in sociolinguistics, stylistics, and pragmatics. All corpus linguistic techniques are clearly introduced and explained, and the book is thus accessible to both experienced researchers as well as novice researchers and students. It will be essential reading in linguistics, literature, stylistics, and media/television studies.Winner of the Screenwriting Research Network 2023 Best Monograph award! |
| Authors: | Monika Bednarek |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Television programs--Australia, Dialogue analysis, Dialogue in television programs, Television programs--United States, Characters and characteristics on television |
| Categories: | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This book explores how language is used to create characters in fictional television series. To do so, it draws on multiple case studies from the United States and Australia. Brought together in this book for the first time, these case studies constitute more than the sum of their parts. They highlight different aspects of televisual characterisation and showcase the use of different data, methods, and approaches in its analysis. Uniquely, the book takes a mixed-method approach and will thus not only appeal to corpus linguists but also researchers in sociolinguistics, stylistics, and pragmatics. All corpus linguistic techniques are clearly introduced and explained, and the book is thus accessible to both experienced researchers as well as novice researchers and students. It will be essential reading in linguistics, literature, stylistics, and media/television studies.Winner of the Screenwriting Research Network 2023 Best Monograph award! |
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| ISBN: | 9789027212955 9789027254665 |
