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Language and Characterisation: People in Plays and Other Texts

Language and Characterisation: People in Plays and Other Texts

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Series: Textual Explorations

General ReferenceLinguistics

ISBN10: 0582357535
ISBN13: 9780582357532
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 1 2001
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
How do we construct an image of the characters we read about? Drawing together theories from linguistics, social cognition and literary stylistics, this is the first book-length study to focus on the role of language and characterisation in the dialogue of play texts. Containing numerous examples from Shakespeare's plays, the book also considers a wide range of other genres, including, prose fiction, verse, films, advertisements, jokes and newspapers. Language and Characterisation is as practical as it is theoretical and equips readers with analytical frameworks to reveal and explain both the cognitive and the linguistic sides of characterisation.

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