Monika Bednarek is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Sydney, Australia.

With cases studies used throughout to help illustrate the more general points, this is an analysis of the most important characteristics of television dialogue, with a focus on fictional television. The book illustrates how we can fruitfully and systematically analyse the language of television.

1. Introduction \ Part I Fictional Television: Dialogue and Drama \ 2. Analysing Television \ 3. The Genre of Dramedy and its Audience \ 4. Television Dialogue \ Part II Fictional Television: Character Identity \ 5. Dialogue and Character Identity \ 6. Expressive Character Identity and Emotive Interjections \ 7. The Multimodal Performance \ 8. Expressive Character Identity and Ideology: Shared Attitudes \ 9. Conclusion \ References \ Indices