[内容简介]A collection of articles that provides a reflection on the language of films and television series across British, American and Italian cultures. It suggests different directions for research and applications, and offers a variety of methodologies and perspectives on the complexities of telecinematic discourse.

[目次]1. Contributors, pix-xi;
2. Chapter 1. Introduction: Analysing telecinematic discourse (by Piazza, Roberta), p1-17;
3. Part I. Cinematic discourse;
4. Chapter 2. Discourse analysis of film dialogues: Italian comedy between linguistic realism and pragmatic non-realism (by Rossi, Fabio), p21-46;
5. Chapter 3. Using film as linguistic specimen: Theoretical and practical issues (by Alvarez-Pereyre, Michael), p47-67;
6. Chapter 4. Multimodal realisations of mind style in Enduring Love (by Montoro, Rocio), p69-83;
7. Chapter 5. Pragmatic deviance in realist horror films: A look at films by Argento and Fincher (by Piazza, Roberta), p85-104;
8. Chapter 6. Emotion and empathy in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas: A case study of the funny guy scene (by Bousfield, Derek), p105-123;
9. Chapter 7. Quantifying the emotional tone of James Bond films: An application of the Dictionary of Affect in Language (by Kozinski, Rose Ann), p125-139;
10. Chapter 8. Structure and function in the generic staging of film trailers: A multimodal analysis (by Maier, Carmen Daniela), p141-158;
11. Part II. Televisual discourse;
12. Chapter 9. I don't know what they're saying half the time, but I'm hooked on the series : Incomprehensible dialogue and integrated multimodal characterisation in The Wire (by Toolan, Michael), p161-183;
13. Chapter 10. The stability of the televisual character: A corpus stylistic case study (by Bednarek, Monika), p185-204;
14. Chapter 11. Star Trek: Voyager's Seven of Nine: A case study of language and character in a televisual text (by Mandala, Susan), p205-223; 15. Chapter 12. Relationship impression formation: How viewers know people on the screen are friends (by Bubel, Claudia), p225-247;
16. Chapter 13. Genre, performance and Sex and the City (by Paltridge, Brian), p249-262;
17. Chapter 14. Bumcivilian: Systemic aspects of humorous communication in comedies (by Brock, Alexander), p263-280;
18. References, p281-302;
19. List of tables, p303;
20. List of figures, p305;
21. Index of films and TV series, p307-309;
22. Index