Conversational narrative : storytelling in everyday talk / Neal R. Norrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norrick, Neal R.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 203.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 203

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Conversation analysis.

Physical Description:

xii, 233 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates the forms and functions of storytelling in everyday conversation. It develops a rhetoric of everyday storytelling through an integrated approach to both the internal structure and the contextual integration of narrative passages. It aims at a more complete picture of oral narrative through analysis of a wider range of natural data, including personal anecdotes told for humor, put-down stories told for self-aggrandizement, family stories retold to ratify membership and so on, as well as marginal stories and narrative-like passages to delineate the boundaries of conversational storytelling and to test the analytical techniques proposed.Using transcriptions of stories from everyday talk, Norrick explores disfluencies, formulaicity and repetition as teller strategies and listener cues alongside global phenomena such as retelling and narrative macrostructures. He also extends his analysis to narrative jokes from conversation and to narrative passages in drama, namely Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" and Beckett's "Endgame".

Contents:

CONVERSATIONAL NARRATIVE

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Preface

Transciption Conventions

Chapter 1. Approaching Storytelling in Conversation

Chapter 2. Internal Narrative Structure

Chapter 3. Formulaicity and Repetition in Storytelling

Chapter 4. Retelling and Retold Stories

Chapter 5. Narrative Contexts

Chapter 6. Varieties of Conversational Narrative

Chapter 7. Extensions of the Approach

Chapter 8. Conclusions and Perspectives

Appendix

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 4

Chapter 7

References

Name Index

Subject Index

CURRENT ISSUES IN LINGUISTIC THEORY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-227) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612254758

9781282254756

1282254758

9789027299550

9027299552

9780585461823

0585461821

OCLC:

179141487