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Corpora, Corpses and Corps

A Multimodal Study of Contemporary Canadian TV Crime Series

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Authors:
  1. Federico Pio Gentile

    1. Scholar in Multimodality, Modena, Italy

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  • Moves towards a better appreciation of the often-invisible implications of “commodified” productions

  • Focuses on the Canadian scenario, offering a counterpoint to existing work on US crime series

  • Makes use of a multimodal, integrated approach to linguistic and cultural studies

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Federico Pio Gentile
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Research Methodology

    • Federico Pio Gentile
    Pages 15-70

  4. The Linguistic and Cultural Environment of Canadian Television

    • Federico Pio Gentile
    Pages 71-107

  5. Flashpoint as in-Group Psychological and Action Narrative

    • Federico Pio Gentile
    Pages 109-176

  6. The Motive ‘Whydunit’ Television Hybrid

    • Federico Pio Gentile
    Pages 177-240

  7. The 19-2 Anglified Police Procedural Noir

    • Federico Pio Gentile
    Pages 241-304

  8. Contrastive Analysis and Results

    • Federico Pio Gentile
    Pages 305-344

  9. Concluding Remarks

    • Federico Pio Gentile
    Pages 345-357

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 359-377
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About this book

This book uses corpus and multimodal methods to present a comparative study of three major Canadian TV crime series, Flashpoint (2008-2010), Motive (2013-2015) and 19-2 (2014-2016), paying special attention to cinematic techniques. Following an overview of the methodology and the Canadian cultural milieu of the study, the author approaches the three series as complex cultural and linguistic productions that depend heavily on a national appropriation of a genre whose popularity is growing internationally. The book investigates the verbal, nonverbal and paraverbal strategies employed by each production to create the patterns that make this genre appealing to a variety of audiences, and uncovers some of the psychological processes at work in contemporary Canadian TV crime serials. This book will be of interest to scholars in fields including Corpus Linguistics, Multimodal Studies, Canadian Studies, Media and Communication Studies, and Specialised Discourse.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Scholar in Multimodality, Modena, Italy

    Federico Pio Gentile

About the author

Federico Pio Gentile holds a PhD in English Linguistics from the Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy. His main research interests include Multimodality, Media Studies, Canadian Studies, Specialised Discourse and Translation. He is the author ofLa linguistica del delitto. Maureen Jennings e il caso di ‘Poor Tom is Cold’, tra formulaicità e traduzione (2015), and translated the science fiction novel Embassytown by China Miéville (2016). He co-edited Translating LSP in Literature through a Gender Perspective (22(2)), a special issue of Anglistica AION an interdisciplinary journal, and has published articles in national and international journals.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Corpora, Corpses and Corps

  • Book Subtitle: A Multimodal Study of Contemporary Canadian TV Crime Series

  • Authors: Federico Pio Gentile

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78276-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78275-7Published: 09 September 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78278-8Published: 10 September 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-78276-4Published: 08 September 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 377

  • Number of Illustrations: 59 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Research Methods in Language and Linguistics, Popular Culture , Screen Studies, Social Sciences, general

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