Publications

Publication details [#56542]

Trester, Anna Marie. 2012. Framing entextualization in improv: Intertextuality as an interactional resource. Language in Society 41 (2) : 237–258.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

functions of language | intertextuality | language play | speech community

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Examining a kind of language play in a community of improvisational theater (improv) performers, this study uses a process approach to intertextuality analysis in the context of member socialization, arguing that text reshaping can play an important social function.