Oral Narration in Modern French
A Linguistics Analysis of Temporal Patterns
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
| Author: | Janice Carruthers | ISBN: | 9781351195539 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | December 2, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Janice Carruthers |
| ISBN: | 9781351195539 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | December 2, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
"Storytelling is a universal human activity and oral narration - particularly modern 'conversational' narration such as anecdotes or personal stories - has long been fertile ground for linguists working on tense usage across a variety of languages. This book introduces 'performed' oral storytelling into the debate, using data from traditional and contemporary storytellers in French to explore the narrative tenses attested, the discourse-pragmatic effects of tense switching, the structures deployed at points of temporal sequence, as well as broader questions concerning the nature of oral discourse."
"Storytelling is a universal human activity and oral narration - particularly modern 'conversational' narration such as anecdotes or personal stories - has long been fertile ground for linguists working on tense usage across a variety of languages. This book introduces 'performed' oral storytelling into the debate, using data from traditional and contemporary storytellers in French to explore the narrative tenses attested, the discourse-pragmatic effects of tense switching, the structures deployed at points of temporal sequence, as well as broader questions concerning the nature of oral discourse."
