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The Resource The language of gaming, Astrid Ensslin
The language of gaming, Astrid Ensslin
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The item The language of gaming, Astrid Ensslin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item The language of gaming, Astrid Ensslin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- "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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 208 p.
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780230238589
- Label
- The language of gaming
- Title
- The language of gaming
- Statement of responsibility
- Astrid Ensslin
- Subject
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- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / School Media
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
- Video games
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
- Video games -- Social aspects
- Video games -- Social aspects
- Visual literacy
- Visual literacy
- Video games
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ensslin, Astrid
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV1469.3
- LC item number
- .E66 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Video games
- Video games
- Visual literacy
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / School Media
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
- Video games
- Video games
- Visual literacy
- Label
- The language of gaming, Astrid Ensslin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 208 p.
- Isbn
- 9780230238589
- Lccn
- 2011049033
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)747533316
- (OCoLC)ocn747533316
- Label
- The language of gaming, Astrid Ensslin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 208 p.
- Isbn
- 9780230238589
- Lccn
- 2011049033
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)747533316
- (OCoLC)ocn747533316
Subject
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / School Media
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
- Video games
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
- Video games -- Social aspects
- Video games -- Social aspects
- Visual literacy
- Visual literacy
- Video games
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