Relating events in narrative : volume 2 : typological and contextual perspectives / [edited by] Sven Strömquist, Ludo Verho[e]ven ; in collaboration with Ayhan Aksu-Koç ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Strömqvist, Sven, 1954-

Verhoeven, Ludo Th.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Typology (Linguistics).

Context (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

viii, 610 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, [2004]

Summary:

"Relating Events in Narrative, Volume 2: Typological and Contextual Perspectives" edited by Sven Strö mqvist and Ludo Verhoeven, is the much anticipated follow-up volume to Ruth Berman and Dan Slobin's successful "frog-story studies" book, "Re

Contents:

Typological and Contextual Perspectives on Narrative Development / Sven Stromqvist, Ludo Verhoeven 3

Part I Typological Perspectives 15

Focusing on 'where': An Analysis of Warlpiri Frog Stories / Edith L. Bavin 17

Position and Motion in Tzeltal Frog Stories: The Acquisition of Narrative Style / Penelope Brown 37

Focus on Action in Motion Descriptions: The Case of West-Greenlandic / Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, Frederikke Blytmann Trondhjem 59

Motion Events in Basque Narratives / Iraide Ibarretxe-Antunano 89

Time, Space, and Manner in Swedish and Icelandic: Narrative Construction in Two Closely Related Languages / Hrafnhildur Ragnarsdottir, Sven Stromqvist 113

The Verbalization of Motion Events in Arrernte / David P. Wilkins 143

A Third Way to Travel: The Place of Thai in Motion-Event Typology / Jordan Zlatev, Peerapat Yangklang 159

The Encoding of Motion Information in American Sign Language / Dennis Galvan, Sarah Taub 191

The Many Ways to Search for a Frog: Linguistic Typology and the Expression of Motion Events / Dan I. Slobin 219

Part II Contextual Perspectives 259

The Role of Context in Developing Narrative Abilities / Ruth A. Berman 261

Coherence, Cohesion, and Context: Some Comparative Perspectives in Narrative Development / Maya Hickmann 281

Interplay between Narrativity and Mindreading: A Comparison between Turkish and English / Ayhan Aksu-Koc, Goklem Tekdemir 307

Linguistic Strategies Serving Evaluative Functions: A Comparison between Japanese and Turkish Narratives / Aylin C. Kuntay, Keiko Nakamura 329

Writing the Frog Story: Developmental and Cross-Modal Perspectives / Sven Stromqvist, Asa Nordqvist, Asa Wengelin 359

Form

Function Relations in Spanish Narratives: A Comparative Study of Bilingual and Monolingual Speakers / Judy Kupersmitt 395

Bilingualism and Narrative Construction / Ludo Verhoeven 435

Variations on a Ranarian Theme / Herbert H. Clark 457

Appendix I Frog, where are you? 479

Appendix IIa Frog-Story Research as per 1994 487

Appendix IIb Frog-Story Research after 1994 501

Appendix IIc Typological Overview of Frog-Story Research 515

Appendix III Format and Abbreviations for Glosses 519.

Notes:

Continuation of a study published in 1994 under the title: Relating events in narrative : a crosslinguistic developmental study.

Includes bibliographical references ([page 523]-573) and index.

ISBN:

0805846727

OCLC:

52601195