The Language of Television
Price: $25.95
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-25119-8
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 21st February 2002
- Pages: 128
- Illustrations: 5 line drawings, 5 b+w photos and 1 table
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About the Book
The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (2nd edn 2000) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite' titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.Aimed at A-Level beginning undergraduate students, The Language of Television:
* provides an extensive history of British television
* explores a range of genres, from breakfast news to soap operas and 'reality TV'
* analyses television scheduling and listings
* includes extracts from scripts of popular television programmes: Queer as Folk and The Royle Family
* includes a substantial glossary.