Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Creating characters through dialogue
6. Pragmatic stylistics and dramatic dialogue 19
7. Dialogue and character in 21st century TV drama 37
8. Look who’s talking 55
9. All talk 77
10. Part II. Involvement, audience design and social interaction
11. Studying everyday conversation 95
12. Dialogic interactions on radio 117
13. Dialogism in journalistic discourse 137
14. Friends and followers ‘in the know’ 155
15. Dialogue with computers 179
16. Part III. Playfulness and narrative functions of dialogue
17. Dialogue in Audiophonic Fiction 205
18. Dialogue in comics 225
19. Dialogue in video games 251
20. Dialogue and interaction in role-playing games 271
21. Index 291