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The socially minded linguistic study of storytelling in everyday life has been rapidly expanding. This book provides a critical engagement with this dynamic field of narrative studies, addressing long-standing questions such as definitions of narrative and views of narrative structure but also more recent preoccupations such as narrative discourse and identities, narrative language, power and ideologies. It also offers an overview of a wide range of methodologies, analytical modes and perspectives on narrative from conversation analysis to critical discourse analysis, to linguistic anthropology and ethgraphy of communication. The discussion engages with studies of narrative in multiple situational and cultural settings, from informal-intimate to institutional. It also demonstrates how recent trends in narrative analysis, such as small stories research, positioning analysis and sociocultural orientations, have contributed to a new paradigm that approaches narratives t simply as texts, but rather as complex communicative practices intimately linked with the production of social life.

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-10052171513x

ISBN-139780521715133

eBay Product ID (ePID)111587430

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameAnalyzing Narrative : Discourse and Sociolinguistic Perspectives

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

SubjectLinguistics

TypeTextbook

AuthorAnna De Fina, Alexandra Georgakopoulou

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Performing Arts

FormatTrade Paperback (Us), Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight13.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Height228mm

Width152mm

Weight330g

Additional Product Features

Date of Publication24/11/2011

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Place of PublicationCambridge

Spine13mm

Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom

GenreLinguistics

Author BiographyAnna De Fina is an Associate Professor in the Department of Italian at Georgetown University. Alexandra Georgakopoulou is a Professor in the Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Department at King's College London.

Content NoteBlack & White Illustrations, Black & White Line Drawings, Figures