LINGUIST List 21.2610

Tue Jun 15 2010

Books: Discourse Analysis/Text/Corpus Ling: Quaglio

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        1.    Paul Peranteau, Television Dialogue: Quaglio
Message 1: Television Dialogue: Quaglio
Date: 14-Jun-2010
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
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Title: Television Dialogue Subtitle: The sitcom Friends vs. natural conversation Series Title: Studies in Corpus Linguistics 36 Published: 2010 Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SCL%2036

Author: Paulo Quaglio Paperback: ISBN: 9789027223166 Pages: 165 Price: Europe EURO 33.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9789027223166 Pages: 165 Price: U.S. $ 49.95
Abstract:

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This book explores a virtually untapped, yet fascinating research area:television dialogue. It reports on a study comparing the language of theAmerican situation comedy Friends to natural conversation. Transcripts ofthe television show and the American English conversation portion of theLongman Grammar Corpus provide the data for this corpus-basedinvestigation, which combines Douglas Biber's multidimensional methodologywith a frequency-based analysis of close to 100 linguistic features. As anatural offshoot of the research design, this study offers a comprehensivedescription of the most common linguistic features characterizing naturalconversation. Illustrated with numerous dialogue extracts from Friends andconversation, topics such as vague, emotional, and informal language arediscussed. This book will be an important resource not only for researchersand students specializing in discourse analysis, register variation, and corpuslinguistics, but also anyone interested in conversational language andtelevision dialogue.

Table of contents

List of tables ixList of figures xi-xiiForeword xiiiChapter 1. Opening credits: Conversation and TV dialogue 1-15Chapter 2. Setting the stage: The main characters 17-27Chapter 3. Behind the scenes: Methodology and data 29-55Chapter 4. Take 1: Dimensions and similarities 57-69Chapter 5. Some you know I mean it's really urgh: Vague language 71-86Chapter 6. I am just really really happy…: Emotional language 87-105Chapter 7. I'm just hanging out. Y'know, having fun: Informal language 107-121Chapter 8. Once upon a time: Narrative language 123-137Chapter 9. That's a wrap: Implications and applications 139-150References 151-155Appendix 157-161Name index 163Subject index 165

"The age-old question of whether art reflects or creates reality is never absentfrom this book, and Quaglio's investigation offers a window on the everyday:what we hear every day around us and what we hear on TV, both of whichoften startle us by their novelty and creativity, and which seem to feed offeach other. This book brings corpus linguistics firmly into the world ofpragmatics, humour, emotion and the ordinary stuff of social talk."Michael McCarthy , The University of Nottingham

"Quaglio tackles a question that has been of interest to linguists for manyyears: How are television dialogues similar to, or different from naturalconversation? The methodology for this study is clearly described and will bea valuable resource to language researchers. The detailed descriptions oflanguage use coupled with the extensive use of examples makes forinformative and entertaining reading for a wide range of scholars interested inlanguage and its use in different contexts."Randi Reppen , Northern Arizona University

"Quaglio's study is thorough, well thought-out, and methodically sound. [...] afascinating linguistic study that will appeal to scholars with a wide range ofinterests: corpus linguistics, conversation analysis, genre studies, languageperception, and beyond."Jessie Sams, Stephen F. Austin State University, on Linguist List 21.239,2010

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis                             Pragmatics                             Text/Corpus Linguistics
Written In: English (eng )

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