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Interactional Approach to Cinematic Discourse
How Do Woody Allen's Characters Talk?
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Book Presentation:
This book analyses and describes a segment of Woody Allen’s cinematic discourse, focusing specifically on the performed (or diegetic) interactions between actors in various roles in some of his films. It is a case study of Woody Allen's cinematic discourse, encompassing the on-screen, performed interaction in the films at the level of the story-world. The analysis focuses on speech (film dialogues), in both its verbal and prosodic forms, as well as non-verbal types of interaction including gaze and gesture, taking a social interactional approach and using multimodal conversation analysis as a theoretical framework and analytical tool. The 'texts' under study are segments from five films by Woody Allen, and the analysed interactions take place between male and female interactants, which allows further examination of on-screen interactions via a gender lens. The book aims to bridge the gap between the disciplines of applied linguistics and cinema studies andoffer linguistic insights into performed interactions from a multimodal point of view. It will be equally relevant to linguists who are interested in how verbal and non-verbal language is used in cinematic discourse, as well as to film workers, especially actors, directors and screenwriters.
About the Author:
Neda Chepinchikj is a linguist working at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. She holds a PhD in applied linguistics, educational linguistics and screen and media culture from the University of Melbourne. This is her first book, which is based on her PhD thesis.
Press Reviews:
"The book is organized along nine chapters and provides detailed scene analysis of selected Woody Allen movies ... . The detailed inclusion of multimodal features, in particular, complements many studies within the area of pop cultural linguistics that are primarily focused on verbal communication. This book is thus also useful for researchers of multimodal analysis, as well as of media studies, and is a great resource for students interested in CA and MMCA annotation." (Susan Reichelt, Journal of Language and Pop Culture, November 12, 2024)
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