Narrative performances : a study of modern Greek storytelling / Alexandra Georgakopoulou.

Narrative performances : a study of modern Greek storytelling /

Conversational narratives provide valuable resources for the discursive construction and invoking of personal and sociocultural identities. As such, their sociolinguistic and cultural analysis constitute a high priority in the agenda of discourse studies. This book contributes to the growing line of...

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Main Author: Georgakopoulou, Alexandra
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©1997.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 46.
Subjects:
Storytelling > Greece.
Tales > Greece.
Folklore > Performance.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • NARRATIVE PERFORMANCES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Tables; Preface; Chapter 1: Narrative in Discourse Analysis; Chapter 2: Stories in Everyday Conversations: Data and Methods; Chapter 3: The Stories' Formal Structure; Chapter 4: Narrative Organization; Chapter 5: Encoding Subjectivity; Chapter 6: Narrative Functions and Identities in Greek Contexts; Conclusion; Notes; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II: Stories for Children; APPENDIX III: A Sample of Supplementary Corpora; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

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