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Television dramatic dialogue

Richardson, Kay, 1955-

Television dramatic dialogue a sociolinguistic study / [electronic resource] : Kay Richardson. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (x, 255 p.) : 1 ill. - Oxford studies in sociolinguistics . - Oxford studies in sociolinguistics. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

When we watch and listen to actors speaking lines that have been written by someone else the illusion of 'people talking' is strong. 'Television Dramatic Dialogue' examines, from an applied sociolinguistic perspective, and with reference to television, the particular kind of artificial talk that we know as dialogue.

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Television broadcasting--Language.
Television series--Great Britain.
Television series--United States.
English language--Usage.
Dialogue analysis.
Sociolinguistics.

PN1992.8.L35

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