Drawing together theories from linguistics, social cognition and literary stylistics, this book focuses on the role of language in the dialogue of play texts. It contains examples from plays and considers other genres, such as films and verse.
Drawing together theories from linguistics, social cognition and literary stylistics, this book focuses on the role of language in the dialogue of play texts. It contains examples from plays and considers other genres, such as films and verse.
Textual Explorations General Editors-Mick Short, Lancaster UniversityElena Semino, Lancaster UniversityThe focus of this series is on the stylistic analysis of literary and non-literary texts, and the theoretical issues which such work raises. Textual Explorations will include b…