Pragmatics of Fiction.

Intro -- Table of contents -- Preface to the handbook series -- Preface -- 1. Introducing Pragmatics of Fiction: Approaches, trends and developments -- I. Pragmatics of fiction as communication: Foundations -- 2. Participation structure in fictional discourse: Authors, scriptwriters, audiences and characters -- 3. The pragmatics of the genres of fiction -- 4. Fictional characterisation -- 5. The role of dialogue in fiction -- 6. Narrative perspectives on voice in fiction -- 7. Pragmatics of style in fiction -- II. Features of orality and variation -- 8. Oral features in fiction -- 9. Doing dialects in dialogues: Regional, social and ethnic variation in fiction -- 10. Multilingualism in fiction -- 11. The pragmatics of estrangement in fantasy and science fiction -- III. Pragmatic themes in fiction -- 12. Pragmatics and the translation of fiction -- 13. Subtitling and dubbing in telecinematic text -- 14. (Im)politeness in fiction -- 15. (Im)politeness and telecinematic discourse -- 16. Stance in fiction -- 17. Language and emotion in fiction -- 18. Language change and fiction -- Bionotes -- Index of authors of scholarly work -- Index of authors of fictional work -- Index of fictional sources -- Subject index.

This new landmark series provides a comprehensive overview of the entire field of pragmatics. It is based on a wide conception of pragmatics as the study of intentional human interaction in social and cultural contexts. In-depth articles discuss the foundations, major theories and most recent developments of pragmatics including philosophical, sociocultural and cognitive as well as methodological, contrastive and diachronic perspectives.

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