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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777678603321

Autore

Herman Vimala <1947, >

Titolo

Dramatic discourse : dialogue as interaction in plays / / Vimala Herman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-66839-2

1-134-66840-6

1-280-13950-1

0-203-98110-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Disciplina

808.5

809.2

Soggetti

Drama - History and criticism

Dialogue

Discourse analysis, Literary

Dialogue analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1995 by Routledge"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The ethnography of speaking; Chapter 2 Ethnomethodology and conversation analysis; Chapter 3 Turn sequencing; Chapter 4 Pragmatics; Chapter 5 Gender and language; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Whilst poetry and fiction have been subjected to extensive linguistic analysis, drama has long remained a neglected field for detailed study. Vimala Herman argues that drama should be of particular interest to linguists because of its form, dialogue and subsequent translation into performance. The subsequent interaction that occurs on stage is a rich and fruitful source of analysis and can be studied by using discourse methods that linguists employ for real-life interaction. Shakespeare, Pinter, Osborne, Beckett, Chekhov, and Shaw are just some of the dramatists whose material is drawn upon.<B