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Solidarity and the Scoobies: an analysis of the -y suffix in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Language and literature (Harlow, England), 2007-02, Vol.16 (1), p.53-73
Ort / Verlag
Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications
Erscheinungsjahr
2007
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This article offers a sociolinguistic analysis of selected dialogue from 66 episodes
of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BTVS). While
the research record reveals an interest in the use of language on the show, it is
argued here that the issue of language in relation to friendship bonds has thus far
received insufficient treatment. In response, this study asks if Buffy and her
friends (the Scoobies, as they call themselves after the ghost-busting
teens in the cartoon Scooby-Doo) are represented as using vernacular
variants to demonstrate in-group identity. Marked -y suffix adjectives
(e.g. Heart-of-Darkness-y) are adopted as the linguistic variable, and the
data are interpreted with reference to Lesley Milroy’s social network
theory and Mick Short’s concept of embedded levels of discourse in drama
dialogue. The findings demonstrate that marked -y reveals shifting
alliances within the Scooby gang, as it characterizes not the gang as a whole, but
only certain members. The findings also suggest that knowledge of how language is
used in the formation of friendship groups may be part of sociolinguistic competence
(as theorized by Michael Canale and Merrill Swain). Further investigation into
whether this is accomplished above or below the writer’s level of
conscious awareness is offered as a suggestion for future research.
Sprache
Englisch
Identifikatoren
ISSN: 0963-9470
eISSN: 1461-7293
DOI: 10.1177/0963947007072845
Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_85674485
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