Television Dramatic Dialogue: A Sociolinguistic Study

Television Dramatic Dialogue: A Sociolinguistic Study

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-272

  Richardson, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audiences; Creativity; Dialogue; Drama; Interaction; Screenwriting; Talk; Television; Text

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649675842     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195374056.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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