Exploring the Language of Drama: From Text to ContextJonathan Culpeper, Mick Short, Peter Verdonk Exploring the Language of Drama introduces students to the stylistic analysis of drama. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the contributors use techniques of language analysis, particularly from discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics and pragmatics, to explore the language of plays. The contributors demonstrate the validity of analysing the text of a play, as opposed to focusing on performance. Divided into four broad, yet interconnecting groups, the chapters:
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... interpretation of the two men's use of the second person pronoun 'thee' as opposed to 'you' (the more common form in this period) differs: Falstaff uses the 'thee' of familiarity, the King uses the 'thee' of condescension. Needless to ...
... interpretation of the two men's use of the second person pronoun 'thee' as opposed to 'you' (the more common form in this period) differs: Falstaff uses the 'thee' of familiarity, the King uses the 'thee' of condescension. Needless to ...
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... interpretation of it, in that the director and actors have to decide which elements to focus on, emphasize in ... interpretation of the play is another matter. In part, working out the answer to this question depends on your definition ...
... interpretation of it, in that the director and actors have to decide which elements to focus on, emphasize in ... interpretation of the play is another matter. In part, working out the answer to this question depends on your definition ...
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... interpreting the second of them as 'Turning the green one (i.e. the green sea, as compared with seas of other colours) red' instead of 'Turning the green (i.e. all the seas) red'. 8 Reading and watching plays both appear to have ...
... interpreting the second of them as 'Turning the green one (i.e. the green sea, as compared with seas of other colours) red' instead of 'Turning the green (i.e. all the seas) red'. 8 Reading and watching plays both appear to have ...
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absurd accusation addressee Alison Anderson Arthur Miller assumptions audience Austin Brown and Levinson Carol Cathy chapter characterization characters Charlie Charlie’s CHOUBERT Co-operative Principle cognitive Colonel Connie Booth container context conventions conversational behaviour critical Czechoslovakia David Mamet discourse analysis dramatic texts Duncan’s example extract Falstaff Fawlty Towers floor flouts Grice’s HALE hearer Heilman Helena Hollar illocutionary act implicates implicatures impoliteness incongruity inferences interaction interpretation interruptions Jacques Weber Jimmy Jimmy’s John John Cleese John’s Karen Kate Kate’s kiou language lecturer linguistic look Macbeth Mamet maxim McKendrick metaphor negative face Nudge nudge odd talk Oleanna participants particular path Paul Simpson performance perlocutionary Petruchio phatic play play’s Polly positive face pragmatic Professional Foul question Request Richards scene schemata Shakespeare’s situation social speak speaker speech acts stage directions Stoppard student stylistics suggests teaching schema Tituba topic turn turn-taking utterance verbal Victoria words