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Paperback The Pragmatics of Fiction: Literature, Stage and Screen Discourse Book

ISBN: 1474447945

ISBN13: 9781474447942

The Pragmatics of Fiction: Literature, Stage and Screen Discourse

(Part of the Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced Series)

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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...

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