Jonathan Culpeper

Language and Characterisation

People in Plays and Other Texts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How do we construct an image of the characters we read about? Drawing together theories from linguistics, social cognition and literary stylistics, this is the first book-length study to focus on the role of language and characterisation in the dialogue of play texts. Containing numerous examples from Shakespeare's plays, the book also considers a wide range of other genres, including, prose fiction, verse, films, advertisements, jokes and newspapers. Language and Characterisation is as practical as it is theoretical and equips readers with analytical frameworks to reveal and explain both the cognitive and the linguistic sides of characterisation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781138142848
• ISBN-10: 1138142840
• Artikelnr.: 59927164

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Culpeper is a Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language at Lancaster University.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Modelling Characterisation PART ONE: CHARACTERISATION AND THE MIND 2:
Character categories and impressions of character 3: Inferring character
from texts PART TWO: CHARACTERISATION AND THE TEXT 4: Textual clues in
characterisation 5: (Im)politeness and characterisation 6: Conclusion: The
characterisation of Katherina in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
Conclusion Further directions and exercises References Index