| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 161 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in corpus linguistics,
1388-0373 ;
v. 36
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Studies in corpus linguistics ; v. 36.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Television Dialogue; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of tables; List of figures; Foreword to the book; Opening credits; Setting the stage; Behind the scenes; Take 1; Some you know I mean it's really urgh; I am just really really happy ... ; I'm just hanging out. Y'know, having fun; Once upon a time; That's a wrap; References; Appendix; Name index; Subject index; The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics (SCL). |
| Summary |
This book explores a virtually untapped, yet fascinating research area: television dialogue. It reports on a study comparing the language of the American situation comedy Friends to natural conversation. Transcripts of the television show and the American English conversation portion of the Longman Grammar Corpus provide the data for this corpus-based investigation, which combines Douglas Biber's multidimensional methodology with a frequency-based analysis of close to 100 linguistic features. As a natural offshoot of the research design, this study offers a comprehensive description of the mos. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Friends (Television program)
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Friends (Television program) |
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Friends (Television program) |
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Friends (Television program) |
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Dialogue analysis.
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Dialogue analysis. |
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Conversation analysis.
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Conversation analysis. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Television dialog |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Quaglio, Paulo. Television dialogue. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009 9789027223104 9027223106 (DLC) 2008048558 (OCoLC)271812208 |
| ISBN |
9789027290441 (electronic book) |
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902729044X (electronic book) |
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1282104993 |
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9781282104990 |
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9789027223104 |
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9027223106 |
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