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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herman, Vimala, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--History and criticism.

Drama.

Dialogue.

Discourse analysis, Literary.

Dialogue analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

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

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

ISBN:

1-134-66839-2

1-134-66840-6

1-280-13950-1

0-203-98110-3

9780203981108

OCLC:

475953255