02261nam a22003618a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002300224082001700247100002900264245012900293246003300422264005200455300005900507336002600566337002600592338003600618500007300654520097100727650003401698650001701732650002501749776003501774856007101809999001901880CR9781139519632UkCbUP20180107143416.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||120528s2013||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139519632 (ebook)  z9781107033344 (hardback)  z9781107656819 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aP96.N35 bL33 201300a808/.0362231 aLabov, William,eauthor.14aThe Language of Life and Death :bThe Transformation of Experience in Oral Narrative / [electronic resource]cWilliam Labov.3 aThe Language of Life & Death 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource (252 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aWe 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. 0aDiscourse analysis, Narrative 0aStorytelling 0aNarration (Rhetoric)08iPrint version: z978110703334440uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519632zCambridge Books Online  c236764d236764