English tags : a close-up on film language, dubbing and conversation / by Veronica Bonsignori.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonsignori, Veronica, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Syntax.

English language.

Dubbing of motion pictures--Congresses.

Dubbing of motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a thorough quantitative and qualitative study of a typical phenomenon pertaining to the English spoken language; namely question tags (QTs) and invariant tags. More specifically, English tags are analysed on the syntactic, pragmatic and prosodic level, taking into account cross-varietal differences as well as both visual and auditory dimensions, in order to get a more precise interpretation of their communicative functions. This is made possible by examining film language, since ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; FILMOGRAPHY AND WEBSITES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6368-8

OCLC:

883571115