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Rush, Jeff; Baughman, Cynthia – Journal of Film and Video, 1997
Explores how inferential or evocative language functions to determine meaning and focus in screenplays. Demonstrates that, although "shooting scripts" might be read as instructions, "screenplays" can be understood only as a form of writing that communicates its meaning through the connotative nuances of language. Shows how…
Descriptors: Films, Language Role, Language Usage, Scripts