Exploring the Language of Drama: From Text to Context

by Jonathan Culpeper, Peter Verdonk, Michael H. Short

Exploring the Language of Drama introduces students to the stylistic analysis of drama. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the contributors use techniques of language analysis, particularly from discourse analysis, cognitive linguistics and pragmatics, to explore the language of plays.
The contributors demonstrate the validity of analysing the text of a play, as opposed to focusing on performance. Divided into four broad, yet interconnecting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415137950
• ISBN13: 9780415137959
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"