Oral Narration in Modern French - A Linguistic Analysis of Temporal Patterns (Hardcover)

Storytelling is a universal human activity and oral narration - particularly modern 'conversational' narration such as anecdotes or personal stories - has long been fertile ground for linguists working on tense usage across a variety of languages. This book introduces 'performed' oral storytelling into the debate, using data from traditional and contemporary storytellers in French to explore the narrative tenses attested, the discourse-pragmatic effects of tense switching, the structures deployed at points of temporal sequence, as well as broader questions concerning the nature of oral discourse.

General

Imprint:	Legenda
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Janice Carruthers
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	156
ISBN-13:	978-1-904713-11-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General
LSN:	1-904713-11-4
Barcode:	9781904713111

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