TY - BOOK AU - Burton, Deirdre TI - Dialogue and discourse : a sociolinguistic approach to modern drama dialogue and naturally occurring conversation SN - 9780415724968 U1 - 822.9140926 PY - 1980/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - English Drama, 20th Century KW - History and Criticism KW - Discourse Analysis, Literary KW - Dialogue Analysis, Literary N1 - 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; ER -