In:Language and Characterisation in Television Series: A corpus-informed approach to the construction of social identity in the media
Monika Bednarek
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics 106] 2023
► pp. 45–72
Chapter 3Character differentiation and character stability
Published online: 1 March 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.106.c3
https://doi.org/10.1075/scl.106.c3
Article outline
- 3.1Introduction
- 3.2Gilmore Girls
- 3.3Case study 1: Character differentiation
- 3.3.1Lorelai as unique character
- 3.3.2Lorelai as an emotional character
- 3.4Case study 2: Character stability
- 3.4.1Lorelai: An example of a “stable” televisual character?
- 3.4.2Diachronic character stability re-visited
- 3.4.3Intersubjective stability re-visited
- Content words
- Names
- Reference to family roles
- (+ Human) pronouns
- Interpersonal markers
- 3.4.4Revisiting stability: The Gilmore Girls reboot
- 3.5Conclusion
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