Forms of Speech in Victorian Fiction

ISBN-13: 9780582087453 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 272 str.

Raymond Chapman

Opis

This text examines the forms of speech in Victorian fiction. Topics covered include standard and non-standard speech; dialect; class and occupational speech; and conventions of fiction.

Spis treści

1. Introduction : Speech in fiction.  2. Standard and non-standard speech.  3. Dialect.  4. Register.  5. Religious speech  6. Oaths and euphemisms.  7. Speech of women and children.  8. Class and occupational speech.  9. Allusion and quotation.  10. Conventions of fiction.  11. Opinions of authors and critics.  12. Victorian fiction and Victorian reality.  Glossary of linguistic terms.  Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Raymond Chapman