Oral Narration in Modern French - A Linguistics Analysis of Temporal Patterns

This book introduces 'performed' oral storytelling into the debate, using data from traditional and contemporary storytellers in French to explore the narrative tenses, the discourse-pragmatic effects of tense switching, as well as broader questions concerning the nature of oral discourse.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Theoretical and Methodological Preliminaries 2. The Narrative Line: Models, Patterns, Systems 3. Tense-Switching on the Narrative Line 4. Structures between Narrative Clauses 5. Conclusions and Further Questions

About the author

Janice Carruthers

Product details

• Authors: Janice Carruthers, Carruthers Janice
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367605155
• ISBN: 978-0-367-60515-5
• No. of pages: 156
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; French, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Literature: history and criticism