{"product_id":"approaches-to-videogame-discourse-astrid-ensslin-9781501375446","title":"Approaches to Videogame Discourse: Lexis, Interaction, Textuality","description":"The first significant collection of research in videogame linguistics, \u003ci\u003eApproaches to Videogame Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e features an international array of scholars in linguistics and communication studies exploring lexis, interaction and textuality in digital games. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the first section, \"Lexicology, Localisation and Variation,\" chapters cover productive processes surrounding gamer slang (ludolects), creativity and borrowing across languages, as well as industry-, genre-, game- and player-specific issues relating to localization, legal jargon and slang. \"Player Interactions\" moves on to examine communicative patterns between videogame players, focusing in particular on (un)collaborative language, functions and negotiations of impoliteness and issues of power in player discourse. In the final section, \"Beyond the 'Text',\" scholars grapple with issues of multimodality, paratextuality and transmediality in videogames in order to develop and enrich multimodal theory, drawing on key concepts from ludonarratology, language ideology, immersion and transmedia studies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith implications for meaningful game design and communication theory, \u003ci\u003eApproaches to Videogame Discourse\u003c\/i\u003eexamines in detail how video games function as means and objects of communication; how they give rise to new vocabularies, textual genres and discourse practices; and how they serve as rich vehicles of ideological signification and social engagement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Astrid Ensslin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150137544X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501375446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Astrid Ensslin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993439895807,"sku":"9781501375446","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5417d86-6d1b-4832-b90f-1bce45f263fc.jpg?v=1683324353","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/approaches-to-videogame-discourse-astrid-ensslin-9781501375446","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}