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020			_a9781139519632 (ebook)
020			_z9781107033344 (hardback)
020			_z9781107656819 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aP96.N35 _bL33 2013
082	0	0	_a808/.036 _223
100	1		_aLabov, William, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Language of Life and Death : _bThe Transformation of Experience in Oral Narrative / _cWilliam Labov.
246	3		_aThe Language of Life & Death
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (252 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aWe 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.
650		0	_aDiscourse analysis, Narrative
650		0	_aStorytelling
650		0	_aNarration (Rhetoric)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107033344
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519632
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37684 _d37684