Direct speech, self-presentation and communities of practice / Sofia Lampropoulou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lampropoulou, Sofia.

Series:

Continuum Literary Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis--Social aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Direct discourse in literature.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book deals with speech representation inGreek adolescents storytelling and investigates how members of differentcommunities of practice present themselves and other characters asinteractional protagonists through the stories they tell. The work puts forth adynamic approach that examines (direct) speech representation at the local andthe broader socio-cultural context in which it is embedded. The concept ofcommunity of practice accounts for direct speech variation, and direct speechis seen as the linguistic manifestation of shared repertoire of particularcommunities of practice. The book c

Contents:

Speech Representation and Direct Speech

Narrative and Self-presentation

Data and Methods

Distributions, Frequencies and Factors Affecting Direct Speech Variation

Voice Representation, Gender and Dominant Discourses

Self-presentation

- Self through Other-presentation.

Notes:

Thesis Ph.D.---Lancaster University, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-57590-5

9786613605597

1-4411-6706-4

OCLC:

793996897