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020 _a9781139519632 (ebook)
020 _z9781107033344 (hardback)
020 _z9781107656819 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_cUkCbUP
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050 0 0 _aP96.N35
_bL33 2013
082 0 0 _a808/.036
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100 1 _aLabov, William,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Language of Life and Death :
_bThe Transformation of Experience in Oral Narrative / [electronic resource]
_cWilliam Labov.
246 3 _aThe Language of Life & Death
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (252 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aWe share the experience of others through the stories they tell of the crucial events in their lives. This book provides a rich range of narratives that grip the reader's attention together with an analysis of how it is done. While remaining true to the facts, narrators use linguistic devices to present themselves in the best possible light and change the listener's perception of who is to blame for what has occurred. William Labov extends his widely used framework for narrative analysis to matters of greatest human concern: the danger of death, violence, premonitions and large-scale community conflicts. The book also examines traditional epic and historical texts, from Herodotus and the Old Testament to Macaulay, showing how these literary genres draw upon the techniques of personal narratives. Not only relevant to students of narratology, discourse and sociolinguistics, this book will be rewarding reading for anyone interested in the human condition.
650 0 _aDiscourse analysis, Narrative
650 0 _aStorytelling
650 0 _aNarration (Rhetoric)
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107033344
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519632
_zCambridge Books Online
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