Burton, Deirdre

Dialogue and discourse : a sociolinguistic approach to modern drama dialogue and naturally occurring conversation / Deirdre Burton - London : Routledge , c1980. - xi, 210 p.

Part One : Dialogue
The stylistic analysis of modern drama texts : some background remarks and a practical example -- A stylistic study of Ionesco's The Bald Prima Donna -- A stylistic study of Pinter's The Dumb Waiter -- From dialogue to discourse and back again

Part Two : Discourse
The alienated analyst : an argument fr rich data for the discourse analyst -- The linguistic analysis of spoken discourse -- Towards an analysis of casual conversation -- Suggestions for further research


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English Drama, 20th Century--History and Criticism
Discourse Analysis, Literary
Dialogue Analysis, Literary

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