Dialects of English in Fantasy Films and Videogames

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Dijalekti engleskog u fantastičnim filmovima i videoigrama
• Author: Stjepan Androić
• Mentor: Višnja Josipović-Smojver (mentor)
• Committee member: Anđel Starčević (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Višnja Josipović-Smojver (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marina Grubišić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2019-09-01, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

This thesis provides linguistic analysis of English dialects as they appear in fantasy films and videogames. A corpus of three films and four videogames is used, with parallels being drawn between fantasy races and archetypes based on the varieties of English they use. The introductory part of the thesis lays out the goal of the research and its basic principles, as well as a detailed description of the fantasy races/archetypes discussed. The empirical part analyses English dialects found in the corpus and provides commentary. Similarities across different sources are observed, particularly in relation to the sociolinguistic elements of fantasy worlds. Some possible linguistic (dialectological) conventions of the fantasy genre are formulated.

• Keywords: English dialects; fantasy; films; videogames; linguistics; sociolinguistics; phonetics; phonology
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:021101
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Linguistics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2019-09-20 16:14:11