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Author Mulrooney, Kristin J

Title Extraordinary from the ordinary : personal experience narratives in American Sign Language / Kristin Jean Mulrooney
Published Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (174 pages) : illustrations, digital file
Series The sociolinguistics in deaf communities series, 1080-5494 ; v. 15
Sociolinguistics in deaf communities series ; v. 15.
Contents Narrative analysis -- Theoretical background -- Analyzing narratives -- A prototypical narrative -- The structure of introduction and background sections in ASL narratives -- The structure of main-event sections in ASL narratives -- The structure of explication, reflection, and conclusion sections in ASL narratives -- Conclusion
Summary In her study, the 15th Volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities Series, Kristin Jean Mulrooney shows that accounts by Deaf persons expressed in ASL possess the same characteristics and functions as oral personal narratives, providing insight into the social dimensions of language use
Analysis Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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Notes OldControl:muse9781563684388
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-167) and index
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Subject Narration (Rhetoric)
American Sign Language -- Composition and exercises
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
Narration (Rhetoric)
Gebarentaal.
Vertelkunst.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1563684381
9781563684388