| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) |
| Series |
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 203 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 203. 0304-0763
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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 narrative through analysis of a wider range of natural data, including personal anecdotes told for humor, put-down stories told for self-aggrandizement, family stories retold to ratify membership and so on, as well as marginal stories and narrative-like passages to delineate the boundaries of conversati |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
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Conversation analysis.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Friendship.
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Conversation analysis
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Discourse analysis, Narrative
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00040333 |
| ISBN |
0585461821 |
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9780585461823 |
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9027299552 |
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9789027299550 |
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1282254758 |
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9781282254756 |
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9786612254758 |
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6612254750 |
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