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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Rukmini Bhaya NairPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.970kg ISBN: 9780415307352ISBN 10: 041530735 Pages: 440 Publication Date: 12 June 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: First Conversational Steps 1 Chapter 1 Structural Simplicities The Grammar and Context of Narrative (Guru: Labov) Chapter 2 Force, Fiction, Fit and Felicity Narrative as a Speech Act (Gurus: Austin, Searle) Chapter 3 Performatives, Perlocutions, Pretence Deconstruction and the Narrative Speech Act (Gurus: de Man, Derrida) Chapter 4 Cooperative Conventions Implied Meanings in Narrative (Guru: Grice) Chapter 5 Rationality and Relevance Mental Codes and Cultural Memes in Narrative (Guru: Dennett) Chapter 6 Turns at Talk Ethnomethodological Analysis of Narrative Chapter 7 Self, State and Solidarity The Politics of Narrative Chapter 8 Explaining Enigmas from Evidence The Cause of Narrative, Conclusion: Final Narrative SutrasReviews'This remarkable book builds on Chomsky's insight that language provides an inbuilt key to our identity as a symbol using species. To the role of grammar as a cognitive tool enabling us to construct 'selves', Nair adds a second tool in the realm of discourse: narrative. She has a wonderfully subtle account of the psychology of narrative as a species of natural theory . I anticipate that with this book she will be recognized as a major figure.' - Stephen Greenblatt, Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University. 'Nair's brilliant study of narrative combines anthropological and sociolinguistic perspectives with cognitive ones to bring out the magical impulses that animate this genre.' - Michael J. Toolan, Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Birmingham, UK Author InformationRukmini Bhaya Nair is Professor of Linguistics and English at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Her previous publications include Lying on the Postcolonial Couch: The Idea of Indifference (2002), Translation, Text and Theory: The Paradigm of India (ed: 2002) and Technobrat: Culture in a Cybernetic Classroom (1997). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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