[Corpora-List] Query: fiction dialogue vs. conversation

[Karin Axelsson]

Dear Corpora-List members,

I wonder if there are any corpus-based studies of words/phrases/ 
structures comparing their frequency (and/or use) in fiction dialogue  
(=direct speech) to that in spoken conversation. I'm not interested  
in comparisons looking at whole fiction texts, as many words/phrases/ 
structures may have very different frequencies within and outside  
dialogue in fiction.

Furthermore, are there any corpus-based studies comparing words/ 
phrases/structures within and outside dialogue in the same fiction  
texts?

My own research is primarily on fiction dialogue and conversation in  
English, but I'm interested in such studies also in other languages,  
as the methodological problems would probably be similar.

I'm aware that Oostdijk and de Haan initiated some research within  
this field in the 90s, but after publishing some articles calling for  
further research they left the topic for other kinds of research.

Best regards,
Karin Axelsson

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Karin Axelsson, PhD student
English Department
Göteborg University
Box 200
SE-405 30 Göteborg
Sweden
Tel. +46 (0)31-786 17 80
         +46 (0)502-312 38
karin.axelsson @ eng.gu.se

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