Marshall J., Werndly A. The Language of Television

Routledge, 2005. — 117 p.The intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A core introduction to language analysis (second edition 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of ‘satellite’ titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics and
can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.Aimed at A-Level and beginning undergraduate students, The Language of Television:
- explores a range of genres, from breakfast news to soap operas and
‘reality TV’;
- analyses television scheduling and listings;
- includes extracts from scripts of popular television programmes: Queer as Folk and The Royle Family;
- includes a substantial glossary.