Interactive dialogue sequences in Middle English drama / Gabriella Mazzon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazzon, Gabriella, 1962-

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 185.

Pragmatics & beyond new series, 0922-842X ; v. 185

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics.

Historical linguistics.

English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Semantics.

English language.

English drama--To 1500--History and criticism.

English drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book looks at mediaeval English drama using the theoretical frameworks of historical sociopragmatics and dialogue analysis. It focuses on the collection of cycle plays known as the N.Town Plays, preserved in a manuscript from the fifteenth century. The book examines various linguistic markers that are important for the expression of social relations and pragmatic stance: pronouns and terms of address, modal markers, performatives, and sequential structures such as question-answer, imperative-compliance, etc. These elements are examined separately and then brought together to arrive at a more integrated analysis of dramatic dialogue and of the dynamics of interaction it portrays. A separate chapter is devoted to tracing the same mechanisms on a different communication level, i.e. in 'dialogue' with the audience, which is particularly relevant to the instructional purposes of the plays. The book will be useful to students and scholars of pragmatics, historical linguistics, dialogue studies and drama studies.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Address between characters

Chapter 3. Modality

Chapter 4. Performatives and verba dicendi

Chapter 5. Pair structures

Chapter 6. Addressing and directing the audience

Chapter 7. Conclusions

References

Index

Index of names

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-220) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612104206

9781282104204

1282104209

9789027289544

9027289549

OCLC:

429509959