With cases studies used throughout to help illustrate the more general points, this is an analysis of the most important characteristics of television dialogue, with a focus on fictional television. The book illustrates how we can fruitfully and systematically analyse the language of television.

Monika Bednarek is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.

1. Introduction \ Part I Fictional Television: Dialogue and Drama \ 2. Analysing Television \ 3. The Genre of Dramedy and its Audience \ 4. Television Dialogue \ Part II Fictional Television: Character Identity \ 5. Dialogue and Character Identity \ 6. Expressive Character Identity and Emotive Interjections \ 7. The Multimodal Performance \ 8. Expressive Character Identity and Ideology: Shared Attitudes \ 9. Conclusion \ References \ Indices