Language and characterisation in television series : a corpus-informed approach to the construction of social identity in the media / Monika Bednarek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bednarek, Monika, 1977- author.

Contributor:

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Series:

Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 106.

Studies in corpus linguistics ; volume 106

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dialogue in television programs.

Dialogue analysis.

Characters and characteristics on television.

Television programs--United States.

Television programs.

Television programs--Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Language and characterization in television series

Language and characterization in TV series

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2023]

Contents:

Intro

Language and Characterisation in Television Series

Editorial page

Title page

Copyright page

Table of contents

Acknowledgments

Language notes

A note on the citing of television series

Chapter 1. Televisual characterisation

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Creating characters: Processes and authorship

1.3 Characters and the audience

1.4 Features of the televisual character

1.4.1 Stability

1.4.2 Aspects of character identity

1.5 Frameworks for the linguistic study of televisual characterisation

1.5.1 Cognitive stylistics: Schemas and textual cues

1.5.2 Sociolinguistics: Telecinematic indexicalities

1.5.3 A mixed approach to televisual characterisation

1.6 This book's case study approach

Chapter 2. Corpus linguistic analysis of televisual characterisation: Data and approach

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Corpus linguistic analyses of televisual characterisation

2.3 Corpus linguistic techniques and concepts

2.3.1 Frequency and keyness

2.3.2 Distribution

2.3.3 Collocation and concordance analysis

2.3.4 A note on statistics

2.4 Data

2.5 Units and levels of analysis

2.6 Concluding remarks

Chapter 3. Character differentiation and character stability

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Gilmore Girls

3.3 Case study 1: Character differentiation

3.3.1 Lorelai as unique character

3.3.2 Lorelai as an emotional character

3.4 Case study 2: Character stability

3.4.1 Lorelai: An example of a "stable" televisual character?

3.4.2 Diachronic character stability re-visited

3.4.3 Intersubjective stability re-visited

Content words

Names

Reference to family roles

(+ Human) pronouns

Interpersonal markers

3.4.4 Revisiting stability: The Gilmore Girls reboot

3.5 Conclusion

Chapter 4. Characters and stereotypes

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The Big Bang Theory

4.3 Nerd stereotypes/schemas

4.4 Methods

4.4.1 Concordance and key word analysis

4.4.2 Scene-based analysis

4.5 Results

4.5.1 Character insights from concordance analysis

4.5.2 Character insights from key word analysis

4.5.3 Character insights from scene-based analysis

4.5.4 Sheldon compared to other television characters

4.5.5 Beyond Sheldon: Nerds in The Big Bang Theory

4.6 Conclusion

Chapter 5. Flawed female characters

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Female gender representation in television series

5.3 Swear/taboo words

5.3.1 Swear/taboo words and televisual characterisation

5.3.2 Swear/taboo words and gender

5.4 Nurse Jackie, Weeds and Saving Grace

Weeds

Saving Grace

Nurse Jackie

5.5 The use of swear/taboo words by the three "flawed" women

5.5.1 (Very) strong swear/taboo words

5.5.2 "Female" and "male" swear/taboo words

5.6 Conclusion

Chapter 6. Characterisation and the use of marginalised varieties of English

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Indigenous characters and Australian Aboriginal English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 07, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Bednarek, Monika, 1977- Language and characterization in television series

ISBN:

9789027254665

9027254664

Publisher Number:

40031626373

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