Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

Speech in the English Novel

  • Book
  • © 1988

Overview

Authors:
  1. Norman Page

    1. University of Nottingham, UK

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Preliminary Considerations

    • Norman Page
    Pages 1-24

  3. Methods of Speech-presentation

    • Norman Page
    Pages 25-54

  4. Speech and Character: Dialect

    • Norman Page
    Pages 55-96

  5. Speech and Character: Idiolect

    • Norman Page
    Pages 97-121

  6. Some Case-studies

    • Norman Page
    Pages 122-141

  7. Dickens and Speech

    • Norman Page
    Pages 142-170

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 171-173
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Since Speech in the English Novel first appeared in 1973, it has won international recognition as an important pioneering study of a topic that lies on the frontiers of literature and linguistics - the nature and function of fictional dialogue and its relationship to real speech. Drawing on a wide range of examples from many periods, the book includes general and theoretical chapters and also case-studies of particular texts, as well as a whole chapter devoted to Dickens. It has been found stimulating and useful by teachers and students in many countries, and has been praised by numerous scholars. The Year's Work in English Studies described it as a 'classic'; Studia Neophilologica said that it 'opened up new vistas for research'; Language and Style found that it 'admirably bridges the gap between linguistics and English studies', and English Studies judged it 'a thoroughly readable and even entertaining book'. This new edition incorporates numerous revisions, new examples, and additions to the bibliographies.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Nottingham, UK

    Norman Page

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation