Tense and Narrativity : : From Medieval Performance to Modern Fiction / / Suzanne Fleischman.
In this pathfinding study, Suzanne Fleischman brings together theory and methodology from various quarters to shed important new light on the linguistic structure of narrative, a primary and universal device for translating our experiences into language. Fleischman sees linguistics as laying the fou...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Texas Linguistics Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (459 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Working Definitions and Operational Preliminaries
- Chapter 2. A Theory of Tense- Aspect in Narrative Based on Markedness
- Chapter 3. "Ungrammatical" Tenses: Background of the Question
- Chapter 4. Narrative Discourse: Typological Considerations
- Chapter 5. The Linguistic Structure of Narrative
- Chapter 6. Textual Functions
- Chapter 7. Expressive Functions
- Chapter 8. Metalinguistic Functions: Storytelling in the PRESENT
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1. Coding Conventions
- Appendix 2. Texts
- Notes
- References
- Concept and Name Index
- Index of Texts Cited