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Conversational narrative : storytelling in everyday talk /

This book investigates the forms and functions of storytelling in everyday conversation. It develops a rhetoric of everyday storytelling through an integrated approach to both the internal structure and the contextual integration of narrative passages. It aims at a more complete picture of oral narr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Norrick, Neal R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2000.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 203.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • CONVERSATIONAL NARRATIVE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Transciption Conventions; Chapter 1. Approaching Storytelling in Conversation; Chapter 2. Internal Narrative Structure; Chapter 3. Formulaicity and Repetition in Storytelling; Chapter 4. Retelling and Retold Stories; Chapter 5. Narrative Contexts; Chapter 6. Varieties of Conversational Narrative; Chapter 7. Extensions of the Approach; Chapter 8. Conclusions and Perspectives; Appendix; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject Index; CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY.