Role-Playing and Register-Performing: A Sociolinguistic Exploration of The Seven


Looking at the first episode of the Dungenos & Dragons actual-play show The Seven, I isolated several linguistic forms that different participants use in order to convey character traits of the fictional characters they portray. In several instances, they are referencing identities that may not even exist in the fantasy world proper (ex. using a New Jersey accent when New Jersey does not exist), but speaking in these registers evokes a certain type of personality for the fictional character.