Direct speech, self-presentation and communities of practice : modern Greek narratives.
This book deals with speech representation inGreek adolescents storytelling and investigates how members of differentcommunities of practice present themselves and other characters asinteractional protagonists through the stories they tell. The work puts forth adynamic approach that examines (direct...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Continuum International Pub.,
2012
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| Series: | Continuum literary studies.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This book deals with speech representation inGreek adolescents storytelling and investigates how members of differentcommunities of practice present themselves and other characters asinteractional protagonists through the stories they tell. The work puts forth adynamic approach that examines (direct) speech representation at the local andthe broader socio-cultural context in which it is embedded. The concept ofcommunity of practice accounts for direct speech variation, and direct speechis seen as the linguistic manifestation of shared repertoire of particularcommunities of practice. The book c. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781441167064 1441167064 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
