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The language of gaming / Astrid Ensslin.
Van Pelt Library GV1469.3 .E66 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ensslin, Astrid.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video games.
- Video games--Social aspects.
- Visual literacy.
- Genre:
- Video games.
- Physical Description:
- x, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Summary:
- "The Language of Gaming examines the complex language of videogames and gaming from a discourse analytical perspective. Astrid Ensslin studies the discourses inscribed in videogames by their producers, as well as gamer and media meta-discourses, and focal areas include gamer slang, illocution, multimodality, and narrative structures"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Approaches to Discourse Analysis
- Games and Language
- Videogame Genres, Macrostructures and Textuality
- Words and Meanings
- The Linguistic Pragmatics of Gameplay
- Metaludic Discourses
- Gaming and Multimodality
- The Narrative Language of Videogames
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230238596
- 0230238599
- 9780230238589
- 0230238580
- OCLC:
- 747533316
- Online:
- Cover image
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