32.2043, Books: The Pragmatics of Fiction: Locher, Jucker

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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:43:44
From: Anna Glazier [Anna.Glazier at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: The Pragmatics of Fiction: Locher, Jucker

 


Title: The Pragmatics of Fiction 
Subtitle: Literature, Stage and Screen Discourse 
Series Title: Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
	   www.edinburghuniversitypress.com
	

Book URL: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-pragmatics-of-fiction.html 


Author: Miriam A. Locher
Author: Andreas H. Jucker

Electronic: ISBN:  9781474447966 Pages: 296 Price: U.K. £ 24.99 Comment: ePub
Electronic: ISBN:  9781474447959 Pages: 296 Price: U.K. £ 85 Comment: PDF
Hardback: ISBN:  9781474447935 Pages: 296 Price: U.K. £ 85
Paperback: ISBN:  9781474447942 Pages: 296 Price: U.K. £ 24.99


Abstract:

Presents pragmatics as a framework to analyse the discourse of fiction

* Draws on a range of fictional genres including novels, plays, fan fiction,
poems, lyrics, movies and TV series

* Each chapter includes an introduction and conclusion, a list of key
concepts, exercises and suggestions for further reading

* Three part structure explores fiction as communication, the pragmatics of
story worlds and themes in fiction

Drawing on a wide range of fictional texts from Shakespeare and Austen to Game
of Thrones and the lyrics of ‘We Shall Overcome’, this textbook shows how
pragmatic analyses can uncover the performative elements that create and shape
characters for an audience.

By exploring fictional language, the book investigates different forms of
interpersonal communication, such as politeness and impoliteness, as well as
the nature of poetic language and the language of emotion. With exercises,
discussion topics, suggestions for small-scale research projects and further
reading, it shows just how fascinating a challenge fictional language can pose
to pragmatics, and illustrates the richness of fictional language as a source
of data for pragmatic research.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Ling & Literature
                     Pragmatics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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