How people greet each other in TV series and dubbing

In this paper we peruse the functions of greetings and leave-takings in a genre which shares many traits with films but which has its own distinctive features and has recently gained tremendous success by reaching millions of people – i.e. TV series. More specifically, we concentrate on greetings and leave-takings that open and close conversations, trying to highlight how much narrative space they are granted and how frequent they are in both original and dubbed dialogues.