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- Title
WHAT A DOWAGER COUNTESS OF GRANTHAM WOULD HAVE REALLY SAID: A LINGUISTIC INSIGHT INTO PERIOD DRAMA.
- Authors
ILC, GAŠPER
- Abstract
The paper examines the format of the British period drama series Downton Abbey from a socio-linguistic perspective and discusses to what extent the authenticity of the historical period is preserved. By using various linguistic and culturomic tools, the script analysis shows that, at least from a linguistic perspective, the modern period dramas should be seen as simulacra of simulation in terms of Baudrillard (1994) rather than authentic representations of the historical period.
- Subjects
DRAMA; GRAMMATICALITY (Linguistics); DOWNTON Abbey (TV program); SIMULACRA &; Simulation (Book); LEXICON; LINGUISTIC analysis
- Publication
BAS - British & American Studies, 2014, Vol 20, p179
- ISSN
1224-3086
- Publication type
Article