Dramatic Discourse Dialogue as Interaction in Plays

Name: Dramatic Discourse Dialogue as Interaction in Plays
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ISBN: 9780415184519

ISBN-10: 0415184517

ISBN-13: 9780415184519

Edition: 1995

Authors: Vimala Herman

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InDramatic Discourse, Vimala Herman argues that drama should be of particular interest to linguists, because of its form and dialogue, but also because its subsequent translation into performance is fertile ground for the current theories emphasizing performativity and performance in language. Each chapter contains a theoretical section in which major concepts of each framework are explained. The relevance of these frameworks to dramatic discourse are analyzed using textual examples from Shakespeare, Beckett, Osborne, and others. Herman draws on ethnomethodology, conversation analysis, discourse analysis and sociolinguistics to explore dramatic issues such as time in language, power and…

Book details

List price: $68.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/7/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Brigitte Nerlich is Senior Research Officer at the University of Nottingham, UK. Zazie Todd is Lecturer at Leeds University, UK. David D. Clarke is Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK. Vimala Herman is Reader at the University of Nottingham, UK.



Introduction



The Ethnography of Speaking



Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis



Turn Sequencing



Pragmatics



Gender and Language