In Other Words: Variation in Reference and Narrative (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, Series Number 21) - Softcover

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Schiffrin, Deborah

 
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Synopsis

Deborah Schiffrin looks at two important tasks of language--presenting 'who' we are talking about (the referent) and 'what happened' to them (their actions and attributes) in a narrative--and explores how this presentation alters in relation to emergent forms and meanings. Drawing on examples from both face-to-face talk and public discourse, she analyzes a variety of repairs, reformulations of referents, and retellings of narratives, ranging from word-level repairs within a single turn-at-talk, to life story narratives told years apart.

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About the Author

Deborah Schiffrin is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University.

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