Oral narration in modern French : a linguistic analysis of temporal patterns
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Oral narration in modern French : a linguistic analysis of temporal patterns
（Research monographs in French studies, 19）
Legenda, 2005
Available at 3 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book introduces 'performed' oral storytelling into the debate, using data from traditional and contemporary storytellers in French to explore the narrative tenses, the discourse-pragmatic effects of tense switching, as well as broader questions concerning the nature of oral discourse.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Theoretical and Methodological Preliminaries 2. The Narrative Line: Models, Patterns, Systems 3. Tense-Switching on the Narrative Line 4. Structures between Narrative Clauses 5. Conclusions and Further Questions
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