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Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 12:48:23
From: Mona Hamlin [mhamlin at syr.edu]
Subject: Watching TV with a Linguist: Fägersten
Title: Watching TV with a Linguist
Series Title: Television and Popular Culture
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu
Book URL: http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/fall-2016/watching-tv-with-linguist.html
Editor: Kristy Beers Fägersten
Electronic: ISBN: 9780815653950 Pages: Price: ----
Hardback: ISBN: 9780815634935 Pages: 352 Price: U.S. $ 65.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9780815610816 Pages: 352 Price: U.S. $ 34.95
Abstract:
Watching TV with a Linguist is an introduction to the study of English
linguistics based on English-language television shows. Each chapter
approaches linguistics as science in action, with comprehensive presentations
of linguistic sub-fields, including clear explanations of relevant linguistic
terminology, concepts, theory, and method, each of which is illustrated with
examples from contextualized dialogues from one or more episodes of a specific
drama or comedy series. Through analysis of dialogue from programs such as
Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Sherlock, and The Wire, contributors deftly illustrate
concepts including morphemes, language acquisition, and syntax. The authors
also encourage readers to recognize additional examples on their own. To this
end, each chapter provides suggestions for other television series or episodes
where further examples of the concepts in focus can be found.
Watching TV as a linguist means being acutely aware of just how much language
permeates the television landscape. Although we "watch" television, we also
simultaneously listen, constantly evaluating and reconciling what we see with
what we hear. A linguist-viewer cannot help but identify the myriad of
examples of linguistic principles and phenomena that are constantly
incorporated in television dialogue, often due to explicit construction and
targeted manipulation of language for dramatic and comedic effect. Watching TV
as a linguist is thus an intensely active practice, in which the authors of
this volume enthusiastically take part and which, with a bit of guidance, any
viewer can learn as well.
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Language Acquisition
Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics
Written In: English (eng)
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