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Next Generation Genres - Teaching Writing for Civic and Academic Engagement (Paperback): Jessica Singer Early Next Generation Genres - Teaching Writing for Civic and Academic Engagement (Paperback)
Jessica Singer Early
R814 Discovery Miles 8 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Evolutions in technology and connectivity have brought about significant changes in the ways writing is produced and shared. Yet despite monumental shifts in the practice of writing, how we teach writing has remained largely static. What we need is a new set of genres for writing instruction: genres that will speak to students who are already immersed in rich and multifaceted literacy practices through social media, gaming and new technologies. Jessica S. Early's Next Generation Genres provides an alternative framework for a secondary writing curriculum that places a central emphasis on helping students gain the experience they need to write with confidence in academic and civic life. If your students' eyes glaze over when they face a standard essay assignment, perhaps it's time to let them try writing an infographic or a podcast!

Wolf Hall Companion (Hardcover): Lauren Mackay Wolf Hall Companion (Hardcover)
Lauren Mackay
R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An accessible and authoritative companion to the bestselling Wolf Hall trilogy by Hilary Mantel, published after the third and final book, The Mirror and the Light. Wolf Hall Companion gives an historian's view of what we know about Thomas Cromwell, one of the most powerful men of the Tudor age and the central character in Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy. Covering the key court and political characters from the books, this companion guide also works as a concise Tudor history primer. Alongside Thomas Cromwell, the author explores characters including Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cranmer, Jane Seymour, Henry VIII, Thomas Howard, Cardinal Wolsey and Richard Fox. The important places in the court of Henry VIII are introduced and put into context, including Hampton Court, the Tower of London, Cromwell's home Austin Friars, and of course Wolf Hall. The author explores not only the real history of these people and places, but also Hilary Mantel's interpretation of them. Included in the book are also incisive features on various aspects of Tudor life, from the court scene and the structure of government, to royal hunting and hawking, Renaissance influences and Tudor executions. A beautiful and insightful book, Wolf Hall Companion will enrich the reading of the Mantel novels but also provides an incisive and concise understanding of the reign of Henry VIII, and the profound changes it brought to English life. Illustrated throughout with woodcut portraits, maps and family trees and with a beautifully produced cover - this companion guide is a must-have for any discerning Wolf Hall and Tudor fan.

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (Paperback): Alexander Chee How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (Paperback)
Alexander Chee
R405 R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Save R75 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Shortlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay Named a Best Book of 2018 by TIME, Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Wired, Esquire, Buzzfeed, Paste, Bitch, Bustle, The Chicago Review of Books and iBooks As a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as 'masterful' by Roxane Gay, 'incendiary' by the New York Times, and 'brilliant' by the Washington Post. With How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, his first collection of nonfiction, he secures his place as one of the finest essayists of his generation. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel is the author's exploration of the entangling of life, literature and politics, and how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him. In these interconnected essays he constructs a self, growing from student to teacher, reader to writer, and reckoning with his identities as a son, a gay man, a Korean American, an artist, an activist, a lover and a friend. He examines some of the most formative experiences of his life and America's history, including his father's death, the AIDS crisis, 9/11, the jobs that supported his writing - Tarot-reading, bookselling, cater-waiting for William F. Buckley - the writing of his first novel, Edinburgh, and the election of Donald Trump. By turns commanding, heartbreaking and wry, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel asks questions about how we create ourselves in life and in art, and how to fight when our dearest truths are under attack.

Dakota-English Dictionary (Hardcover, New edition): Stephen R. Riggs Dakota-English Dictionary (Hardcover, New edition)
Stephen R. Riggs
R979 R809 Discovery Miles 8 090 Save R170 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Along with An English-Dakota Dictionary, this remains the most comprehensive and accurate lexicon available.

Primitive Culture in Greece (Hardcover): H. Rose Primitive Culture in Greece (Hardcover)
H. Rose
R2,840 Discovery Miles 28 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1925, Primitive Culture in Greece dispassionately reviews the claim that the Greeks were 'heathen' and asks how much of the savage ancestry was left in the classical Greek. In doing so it traces a historical continuity from the barbaric invasions of Greece to its later emergence of a classical culture. It is not written merely for the specialist, and assumes no technical knowledge, but simply an interest in one of the most remarkable civilizations of the world.

Spielraum: Teaching German through Theater (Paperback): Lisa Parkes Spielraum: Teaching German through Theater (Paperback)
Lisa Parkes
R988 Discovery Miles 9 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- Despite the greatly increased interest in drama integration in the foreign-language classroom over the past two decades in Great Britain and the USA, there is no text on the English-speaking market that offers such a comprehensive resource for teachers of German - this book is thus aimed both at language instructors who have no or little experience in play direction or drama pedagogy, as well as those who have experience but still appreciate fresh ideas and approaches, particularly considering the exciting current trends in contemporary theatre -

First-Person Journalism - A Guide to Writing Personal Nonfiction with Real Impact (Hardcover): Martha Nichols First-Person Journalism - A Guide to Writing Personal Nonfiction with Real Impact (Hardcover)
Martha Nichols
R4,129 Discovery Miles 41 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A first-of-its-kind guide for new media times, this book provides practical, step-by-step instructions for writing first-person features, essays, and digital content. Combining journalism techniques with self-exploration and personal storytelling, First-Person Journalism is designed to help writers to develop their personal voice and establish a narrative stance. The book introduces nine elements of first-person journalism-passion, self-reporting, stance, observation, attribution, counterpoints, time travel, the mix, and impact. Two introductory chapters define first-person journalism and its value in building trust with a public now skeptical of traditional news media. The nine practice chapters that follow each focus on one first-person element, presenting a sequence of "voice lessons" with a culminating writing assignment, such as a personal trend story or an open letter. Examples are drawn from diverse nonfiction writers and journalists, including Ta-Nehisi Coates, Joan Didion, Helen Garner, Alex Tizon, and James Baldwin. Together, the book provides a fresh look at the craft of nonfiction, offering much-needed advice on writing with style, authority, and a unique point of view. Written with a knowledge of the rapidly changing digital media environment, First-Person Journalism is a key text for journalism and media students interested in personal nonfiction, as well as for early-career nonfiction writers looking to develop this narrative form.

Trading Companies and Travel Knowledge in the Early Modern World (Hardcover): Aske Laursen Brock, Guido Van Meersbergen, Edmond... Trading Companies and Travel Knowledge in the Early Modern World (Hardcover)
Aske Laursen Brock, Guido Van Meersbergen, Edmond Smith
R3,857 Discovery Miles 38 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book is a prestigious new edition to the Hakluyt Society Extra Series Individual essays range from the Levant and South Asia to East Africa and the Americas, and from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century Trading companies have long been seen by historians as institutions central to the rise and development of European empires in the early modern era

Spielraum: Teaching German through Theater (Hardcover): Lisa Parkes Spielraum: Teaching German through Theater (Hardcover)
Lisa Parkes
R3,842 Discovery Miles 38 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

- Despite the greatly increased interest in drama integration in the foreign-language classroom over the past two decades in Great Britain and the USA, there is no text on the English-speaking market that offers such a comprehensive resource for teachers of German - this book is thus aimed both at language instructors who have no or little experience in play direction or drama pedagogy, as well as those who have experience but still appreciate fresh ideas and approaches, particularly considering the exciting current trends in contemporary theatre -

Citizen Artists - A Guide to Helping Young People Make Plays That Change the World (Hardcover): James Wallert Citizen Artists - A Guide to Helping Young People Make Plays That Change the World (Hardcover)
James Wallert
R4,134 Discovery Miles 41 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Citizen Artists takes the reader on a journey through the process of producing, funding, researching, creating, rehearsing, directing, performing, and touring student-driven plays about social justice. The process at the heart of this book was developed from 2015-2021 at New York City's award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble with and for their youth ensemble: Epic NEXT. Author and Epic Co-Founder James Wallert shares his company's unique, internationally recognized methodology for training young arts leaders in playwriting, inquiry-based research, verbatim theatre, devising, applied theatre, and performance. Readers will find four original plays, seven complete timed-to-the-minute lesson plans, 36 theatre arts exercises, and pages of practical advice from more than two dozen professional teaching artists to use for their own theatre making, arts instruction, or youth organizing. Citizen Artists is a one-of-a-kind resource for students interested in learning about theatre and social justice; educators interested in fostering learning environments that are more rigorous, democratic, and culturally-responsive; and artists interested in creating work for new audiences that is more inclusive, courageous, and anti-racist.

Becoming and Being a TESOL Teacher Educator - Research and Practice (Hardcover): Rui Yuan, Icy Lee Becoming and Being a TESOL Teacher Educator - Research and Practice (Hardcover)
Rui Yuan, Icy Lee
R4,142 Discovery Miles 41 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers insights into the lived experiences (e.g., teaching, research, and practicum supervision) of TESOL teacher educators in diverse institutional and socio-cultural contexts. Informed by a situated, ecological perspective, it draws on a variety of research approaches (e.g., qualitative, action research, and self-study), and sheds light on how language teacher educators engage in daily practice and social interactions. This edited collection examines how TESOL educators cope with potential contextual obstacles (e.g., the theory-practice divide), and how they seek their continuing professional development in complex, shifting higher education settings. The book offers critical and thoughtful reflections of current practice and policies in language education and higher education, and provides practical implications on the preparation and development of frontline language teachers.

Training Teachers of Chinese in Australia - Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications (Hardcover): Chen Shen Training Teachers of Chinese in Australia - Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications (Hardcover)
Chen Shen
R4,136 Discovery Miles 41 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Chinese language, the first language spoken and used by the largest population in the world, has witnessed a significant global increase. Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) has thus received unprecedented attention, and teaching and learning of CSL have transcended the national boundary. This book reports a case study of training teachers of CSL in Australia with a significant implication to the western English-speaking countries such as Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. The book is unique in several ways. On a theoretical level, the book analyses knowledge-based and competence-based teacher education, provides an in-depth examination of post-method pedagogy and deconstructs traditional aspects of second language teacher education, making a case for the new concept of "three dimensions". On a practical level, the Australian-based case study employs qualitative methods to gather the feedback from teacher educators, teacher trainees and students who are undergoing CSL training, and further reports on studies on CSL teaching practicum in local schools and abroad. Training Teachers of Chinese in Australia is a book for established scholars, researchers, educators, and research higher degree students who are interested in teacher education, second and foreign language education and Chinese as a second language (CSL).

Media, Culture, and Debate in Korean    ,   , - A Roadmap for Advanced-Level Korean (Paperback): Seung-Eun Chang Media, Culture, and Debate in Korean , , - A Roadmap for Advanced-Level Korean (Paperback)
Seung-Eun Chang
R1,149 Discovery Miles 11 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Media, Culture, and Debate in Korean provides a roadmap for an advanced-level Korean course centered around media and culture and includes access to an archive of virtual media resources such as film, documentary, shows, newspaper, drama, music, and advertising. The book is designed to help students enhance their language skills and to deepen their knowledge and understanding of contemporary Korean society and culture through the analysis of authentic Korean media resources and debate. It addresses the cultural issues permeating Korean society that are rapidly transforming people's perspectives, language, and lifestyle. These societal issues are discussed in the context of historical and psychological background, the struggle between tradition and changing values, positive and negative impact of the phenomenon, neologism, and potential solutions. This book can serve as a main textbook as well as a resource for an online class setting and can also be used in a traditional face-to-face class setting.

Media, Culture, and Debate in Korean    ,   , - A Roadmap for Advanced-Level Korean (Hardcover): Seung-Eun Chang Media, Culture, and Debate in Korean , , - A Roadmap for Advanced-Level Korean (Hardcover)
Seung-Eun Chang
R4,122 Discovery Miles 41 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Media, Culture, and Debate in Korean provides a roadmap for an advanced-level Korean course centered around media and culture and includes access to an archive of virtual media resources such as film, documentary, shows, newspaper, drama, music, and advertising. The book is designed to help students enhance their language skills and to deepen their knowledge and understanding of contemporary Korean society and culture through the analysis of authentic Korean media resources and debate. It addresses the cultural issues permeating Korean society that are rapidly transforming people's perspectives, language, and lifestyle. These societal issues are discussed in the context of historical and psychological background, the struggle between tradition and changing values, positive and negative impact of the phenomenon, neologism, and potential solutions. This book can serve as a main textbook as well as a resource for an online class setting and can also be used in a traditional face-to-face class setting.

A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English - Word Sketches, Collocates and Thematic Lists (Paperback): Mark... A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English - Word Sketches, Collocates and Thematic Lists (Paperback)
Mark Davies, Dee Gardner
R1,300 Discovery Miles 13 000 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English: word sketches, collocates, and thematic lists is an invaluable tool for all learners of American English, providing a list of the 5,000 most frequently used words in the language. The dictionary is based on data from a 385-million-word corpus evenly balanced between spoken English (unscripted conversation from radio and TV shows), fiction (books, short stories, movie scripts), more than 100 popular magazines, ten newspapers, and 100 academic journals for a total of nearly 150,000 texts. All entries in the rank frequency list feature the top 20 30 collocates (nearby words) for that word, which provide valuable insight into the meaning and usage. Alphabetical and part of speech indexes are provided for ease of use. The dictionary also contains 31 thematically organized and frequency-ranked lists of words on a variety of topics, such as family, sports, and food. New words in the language, differences between American and British English, and grammar topics such as the most frequent phrasal verbs are also covered. A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English is an engaging and efficient resource enabling students of all levels to get the most out of their study of vocabulary. It is also a rich resource for language teaching, research, curriculum design, and materials development. A CD version is available to purchase separately. Designed for use by corpus and computational linguists it provides the full text in a format that researchers can process and turn into suitable lists for their own research work._

Manual de fonetica e fonologia da lingua portuguesa (Hardcover): Willis C. Fails, J. Halvor Clegg Manual de fonetica e fonologia da lingua portuguesa (Hardcover)
Willis C. Fails, J. Halvor Clegg
R4,202 Discovery Miles 42 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The most complete and up-to-date text published on Portuguese phonetics and phonology, including topics which are missing from most Portuguese phonetics texts Includes a meaningful introduction to language and linguistics with a necessary theoretical base for phonetics and phonology Clear treatments of acoustic phonetics, auditory phonetics, and phonotactics Written by phoneticians using linguistic terminology, but with all linguistic concepts and terminology carefully introduced and amply described in order to assist learners in applying the principles for the betterment of their pronunciation Every chapter ends with a "Resumo," a summary which reviews the salient points, as well as review questions relating to the material presented in each chapter. Presents both Brazilian and Continental varieties of Portuguese, based on a solid theoretical framework.

Manual de fonetica e fonologia da lingua portuguesa (Paperback): Willis C. Fails, J. Halvor Clegg Manual de fonetica e fonologia da lingua portuguesa (Paperback)
Willis C. Fails, J. Halvor Clegg
R1,276 Discovery Miles 12 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The most complete and up-to-date text published on Portuguese phonetics and phonology, including topics which are missing from most Portuguese phonetics texts Includes a meaningful introduction to language and linguistics with a necessary theoretical base for phonetics and phonology Clear treatments of acoustic phonetics, auditory phonetics, and phonotactics Written by phoneticians using linguistic terminology, but with all linguistic concepts and terminology carefully introduced and amply described in order to assist learners in applying the principles for the betterment of their pronunciation Every chapter ends with a "Resumo," a summary which reviews the salient points, as well as review questions relating to the material presented in each chapter. Presents both Brazilian and Continental varieties of Portuguese, based on a solid theoretical framework.

The Big Book Of Words You Should Know To Sound Smart - A Guide for Aspiring Intellectuals (Paperback): Robert W. Bly The Big Book Of Words You Should Know To Sound Smart - A Guide for Aspiring Intellectuals (Paperback)
Robert W. Bly
R556 R474 Discovery Miles 4 740 Save R82 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The ultimate word book for aspiring intellectuals! The most compendious collection of words for aspiring scholars, this book helps you hold your own in intellectual discourse. Featuring 2,400 sophisticated, obscure, and obtuse terms, each page provides you with the definitions you need to know to lock academic horns with the clerisy. From antebellum and eleemosynary to impasto and putative, you will quickly master hundreds of erudite phrases that will improve your conversational elegance. Complete with definitions and sample sentences for each entry, The Big Book of Words You Should Know to Sound Smart will elevate your lexicon as you impress the susurration out of the perfervid hoi polloi.

History and Development of the Arabic Language (Paperback): Muhammad Al-Sharkawi History and Development of the Arabic Language (Paperback)
Muhammad Al-Sharkawi
R1,390 Discovery Miles 13 900 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

History and Development of the Arabic Language is a general introduction for students to the history of the Arabic language. It is divided into two parts; the pre-Islamic language up to the emergence of the first well-known works of Classical Arabic. Secondly, the transition from the pre-Islamic situation to the complex Arabic language forms after the emergence of Islam and the Arab conquests, both in Arabia and in the diaspora. The book focuses on the pre-Islamic linguistic situation, where the linguistic geography and relevant demographic aspects of pre-Islamic Arabia will be introduced. In addition, the book will also discuss the communicative contexts and varieties of Modern Arabic. The book includes readings, discussion questions and data sets to provide a complete textbook and resource for teachers and students of the history of Arabic.

The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish (Hardcover): Manuel Diaz-Campos The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish (Hardcover)
Manuel Diaz-Campos
R6,595 Discovery Miles 65 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish provides an up-to-date overview of the latest research examining sociolinguistic approaches to analyzing variation in Spanish. Divided into three sections, the book includes the most current research conducted in Spanish variationist sociolinguistics. This comprehensive volume covers phonological, morphosyntactic, social, and lexical variation in Spanish. Each section is further divided into subsections focusing on specific areas of language variation, highlighting the most salient and current developments in each subfield of Hispanic sociolinguistics. As such, this Handbook delves further into the details of topics relating to variation and change in Spanish than previous publications, with a focus on the symbolic sociolinguistic value of specific phenomena in the field. Encouraging readers to think critically about language variation, this book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers seeking to explore lesser-known areas of Hispanic sociolinguistics. The Routledge Handbook of Variationist Approaches to Spanish will be a welcome addition to specialists and students in the fields of linguistics, Hispanic linguistics, sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology.

Plurilingual Classroom Practices and Participation - Analysing Interaction in Local and Translocal Settings (Hardcover): Dolors... Plurilingual Classroom Practices and Participation - Analysing Interaction in Local and Translocal Settings (Hardcover)
Dolors Masats, Luci Nussbaum
R4,140 Discovery Miles 41 400 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Plurilingual Classroom Practices and Participation contributes to a better understanding of plurilingual education in Catalonia by providing a description of the interactional resources mobilised by learners as social actors. This volume is a collection of studies that show interactions containing plurilingual and multimodal sequences that illustrate moments of potential acquisition of aspects of language use. Analysing data collected through ethnographic fieldwork, the studies explore interactions in primary, secondary, and tertiary milieus as well as non-formal settings and examine how participants organise their interaction, their ways of participating, and the resources they mobilise for them. The linguistic policies of the educational settings studied establish the use of a given language but contain samples of plurilingual practices in which languages like Arabic, Catalan, English, French, Greek, Mandarin, Punjabi, Riffian Berber, Spanish and Urdu come into play. The chapters explore the links between these practices and the construction of participation in the ongoing interaction. Although focused on language education in Catalonia, results can be transferred to classrooms worldwide which host plurilingual learners. Thus, the volume is an excellent resource for teachers and researchers interested in plurilingual education and can be used as a reference book in doctoral studies and teacher training programmes in this research field. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Writing Poetry (Paperback): W.N. Herbert Writing Poetry (Paperback)
W.N. Herbert
R1,204 Discovery Miles 12 040 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This volume presents new versions of key chapters from the recent Routledge/Open University textbook, Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings for writers who are specialising in writing poetry. It offers the novice writer engaging and creative activities, making use of insightful, relevant readings from the work of well-known authors to illustrate the techniques presented. Using his experience and expertise as a teacher as well as a poet, Bill Herbert guides aspiring writers through such key writing skills as: drafting voice imagery rhyme form theme. The volume is further updated to include never-before published dialogues with prominent poets such as Vicki Feaver, Gillian Allnutt, Kathleen Jamie, Linda France, Douglas Dunn, Sean O'Brien and Jo Shapcott. Concise and practical, Writing Poetry offers an inspirational guide to the methods and techniques of this challenging and rewarding genre and is a must-read for aspiring poets.

The Theater of Tony Kushner - Living Past Hope (Paperback, 2nd edition): James Fisher The Theater of Tony Kushner - Living Past Hope (Paperback, 2nd edition)
James Fisher
R1,147 Discovery Miles 11 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Theater of Tony Kushner is a comprehensive portrait of the forty-year long career of dramatist Tony Kushner as playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and public intellectual and political activist. Following an introduction examining the influences of Kushner's development as an artist, this updated second edition features individual chapters on his major plays, including A Bright Room Called Day, Hydriotaphia, or The Death of Dr. Browne, Angels in America, Slavs! Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness, Homebody/Kabul, Caroline, or Change, and The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, along with chapters on Kushner's adaptations, one-act plays, and screenplays, including his two Academy Award-nominated screenplays, Munich and Lincoln. A book for anyone interested in theater, film, literature, and the ways in which the past informs the present, this second edition of The Theater of Tony Kushner explores how his writings reflect key elements of American society, from politics and economics to race, gender, and spirituality, all with the hope of inspiring America to live up to its ideals.

Your World Language Classroom - Strategies for In-Person and Digital Instruction (Paperback): Rachelle Dene Poth Your World Language Classroom - Strategies for In-Person and Digital Instruction (Paperback)
Rachelle Dene Poth
R985 Discovery Miles 9 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* Features strategies and tools specific to world language instruction, for K-12 * Tools are timely and relevant, and address current topics such as the Sustainable Development Goals * Guidance applicable to in-person, remote, and hybrid classrooms, with a focus on blending digital learning and digital storytelling in both resource-rich and -poor environments * Includes resources such as sample student projects and teacher materials

Creating Dialogue for TV - Screenwriters Talk Television (Paperback): Monika Bednarek Creating Dialogue for TV - Screenwriters Talk Television (Paperback)
Monika Bednarek
R672 Discovery Miles 6 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As entertaining as it is enlightening, Creating Dialogue for TV: Screenwriters Talk Television presents interviews with five Hollywood professionals who talk about all things related to dialogue - from naturalistic style to the building of characters to swearing and dialect. Screenwriters/showrunners David Mandel (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Veep), Jane Espenson (Buffy, Battlestar Galactica, Once Upon a Time), Robert Berens (Supernatural), Sheila Lawrence (Gilmore Girls, Ugly Betty, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel), and Doris Egan (Tru Calling, House, Reign) field a linguist's inquiries about the craft of writing dialogue. This book is for anyone who has ever wondered what creative processes and attitudes lie behind the words they encounter when tuning into their favourite television show. It provides direct insights into Hollywood writers' knowledge and opinions of how language is used in television narratives, and in doing so shows how language awareness, attitudes and the craft of using words are utilised to create popular TV series. The book will appeal to students and teachers in screenwriting, creative writing and linguistics as well as lay readers.

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