Overview

This title 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 picture of oral narrative through the analysis of a wider range of natural data, including personal anecdotes told for humour, put-down stories told for self-aggrandizement, family stories retold to ratify membership and so on, as well as marginal stories and narrative-likepassages to delineate the boundaries of conversational storytelling and to test the analytical techniques proposed.

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Author:   Neal R. Norrick (Saarland University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   203
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9789027237101

ISBN 10:   9027237107
Pages:   233
Publication Date:   15 September 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Norrick's volume is recommended reading for literary scholars and linguists alike. -- Monika Fludernik, University of Freiburg, Germany

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