The linguistic construction of character relations in TV drama [Elektronische Ressource] : doing friendship in Sex and the City / vorgelegt von Claudia Bubel

The linguistic construction of character relations in TV drama: Doing friendship in Sex and the City Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Philosophie der Philosophischen Fakultäten der Universität des Saarlandes vorgelegt von Claudia Bubel aus Ludwigshafen am Rhein Saarbrücken, 2006 Dekan: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Ohlig Berichterstatter: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Neal R. Norrick, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Erich Steiner, Prof. Dr. Janet Holmes (Wellington) Tag der letzten Prüfungsleistung: 03.11.2005 To my father Friends are the family we choose for ourselves. (Edna Buchanan) *CONTENTS List of tables......................................................................................................... viii List of figures ....................................................................................................... viii Transcription conventions.................................................................................... viii Acknowledgements.............................................................................................. xii Abstract (English)................................................................................................. xiii Abstract (German) .............................