The language of life and death: the transformation of experience in oral narrative (Record no. 181317)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781107656819
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 808.036
Item number L2L2
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Personal name Labov, William
9 (RLIN) 267812
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The language of life and death: the transformation of experience in oral narrative
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Cambridge
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Cambridge University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2013
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 239 p.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price type code UKP
Price amount 17.99
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. We 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.<br/><br/> Expands a widely used framework for narrative analysis to new and more complex types of narrative such as epic and historical<br/> Shows how narrators take advantage of the special features of their language to alter the listener's perception of who is responsible<br/> Provides a wide range of human experience of inherent interest to the reader, such as narratives which deal with the escalation of violence, contact between the dead and the living, premonitions of future events and community confrontations
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Discourse analysis, Narrative
9 (RLIN) 267813
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Storytelling
9 (RLIN) 38926
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Narrative - Rhetoric
9 (RLIN) 267814
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Non-fiction Vikram Sarabhai Library Vikram Sarabhai Library General Stacks 03/01/2014 8 1542.82 Rack 41-A / Slot 2353 (3rd Floor, East Wing) 2 808.036 L2L2 180813 16/03/2020 05/03/2020 1928.53 03/01/2014 Books