Television Dramatic Dialogue: A Sociolinguistic Study (oxford Studies In Sociolinguistics)

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. Introduction -- Previous Research -- What Is Tv Dialogue Like? -- What Tv Screenwriters Know About Dialogue -- What Audiences Know About Dialogue -- Dialogue As Social Interaction -- Dialogue, Character And Social Cognition -- Dialogue And Dramatic Meaning : Life On Mars -- House And Snark -- Conclusion. Kay Richardson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.