Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface to the handbook series v
3. Preface ix
4. Table of contents xi
5. 1. Introducing Pragmatics of Fiction: Approaches, trends and developments 1
6. I. Pragmatics of fiction as communication: Foundations
7. 2. Participation structure in fictional discourse: Authors, scriptwriters, audiences and characters 25
8. 3. The pragmatics of the genres of fiction 55
9. 4. Fictional characterisation 93
10. 5. The role of dialogue in fiction 129
11. 6. Narrative perspectives on voice in fiction 159
12. 7. Pragmatics of style in fiction 197
13. II. Features of orality and variation
14. 8. Oral features in fiction 235
15. 9. Doing dialects in dialogues: Regional, social and ethnic variation in fiction 265
16. 10. Multilingualism in fiction 297
17. 11. The pragmatics of estrangement in fantasy and science fiction 329
18. III. Pragmatic themes in fiction
19. 12. Pragmatics and the translation of fiction 367
20. 13. Subtitling and dubbing in telecinematic text 397
21. 14. (Im)politeness in fiction 425
22. 15. (Im)politeness and telecinematic discourse 455
23. 16. Stance in fiction 489
24. 17. Language and emotion in fiction 515
25. 18. Language change and fiction 553
26. Bionotes 585
27. Index of authors of scholarly work 591
28. Index of authors of fictional work 603
29. Index of fictional sources 605
30. Subject index 609