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The language of gaming2012Green Library » GV1469.3 .E66 2012
Show full pageThe language of gaming / Astrid Ensslin.
- Author/Creator:
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Ensslin, Astrid.
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Format:
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- Book
- x, 208 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-199) and index.
- Contents:
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- Machine generated contents note:
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Approaches to Discourse Analysis
- Games and Language
- Videogame Genres, Macrostructures and Textuality
- Words and Meanings
- The Linguistic Pragmatics of Gameplay
- Metaludic Discourses
- Gaming and Multimodality
- The Narrative Language of Videogames
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Summary:
- "The Language of Gaming examines the complex language of videogames and gaming from a discourse analytical perspective. Astrid Ensslin studies the discourses inscribed in videogames by their producers, as well as gamer and media meta-discourses, and focal areas include gamer slang, illocution, multimodality, and narrative structures"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN:
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9780230238596
0230238599
9780230238589
0230238580 - Catkey: 9542334
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