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| published: | Basingstoke [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan 2012 |
| Media Type: | Book, E-Book |
| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. 176 - 199 |
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| Physical Description: | X, 208 S.; Ill; 24 cm |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-0-230-35708-2 |
| ISBN: |
0230238580
0230238599 9780230238589 9780230238596 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Language: | English |
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| Erscheint auch als: | Ensslin, Astrid, 1975 - , The language of gaming, Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 1 Online-Ressource (219 Seiten) |
| Other Editions: | The language of gaming |
| Collection: | Verbunddaten SWB |
"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"-- "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 |
| 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. |