02261nam a22003618a 4500 CR9781139519632 UkCbUP 20180107143416.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120528s2013||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139519632 (ebook) 9781107033344 (hardback) 9781107656819 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda P96.N35 L33 2013 808/.036 23 Labov, William, author. The Language of Life and Death : The Transformation of Experience in Oral Narrative / [electronic resource] William Labov. The Language of Life & Death Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). We share the experience of others through the stories they tell of the crucial events in their lives. This book provides a rich range of narratives that grip the reader's attention together with an analysis of how it is done. While remaining true to the facts, narrators use linguistic devices to present themselves in the best possible light and change the listener's perception of who is to blame for what has occurred. William Labov extends his widely used framework for narrative analysis to matters of greatest human concern: the danger of death, violence, premonitions and large-scale community conflicts. The book also examines traditional epic and historical texts, from Herodotus and the Old Testament to Macaulay, showing how these literary genres draw upon the techniques of personal narratives. Not only relevant to students of narratology, discourse and sociolinguistics, this book will be rewarding reading for anyone interested in the human condition. Discourse analysis, Narrative Storytelling Narration (Rhetoric) Print version: 9781107033344 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519632 Cambridge Books Online 236764 236764