Abstract
This book aims to appraise sociolinguistic work devoted to the form and function of storytelling and to examine in detail the ways in which narrative constitutes a fundamental discursive resource across a range of contexts. The chapters presented here bring together some of the most recent work in the theory and practice of narrative analysis from a broad sociolinguistic perspective. They address some of the questions left implicit whenever stories are brought within the analytic frame of sociolinguistics: What exactly do we mean by story ?; what kind of social and contextual variations can d.
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ID: 191952723
Year of Publication
2005
Publication Language
English
ISBN Number
9789027294272 9027294275 9789027226464 9027226466 9781588116352 1588116352
Thornborrow, Joanna, and Jennifer. Coates. 2005. “The Sociolinguistics Of Narrative”.
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