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Author Lampropoulou, Sofia.

Title Direct speech, self-presentation and communities of practice : modern Greek narratives.

Publication Info. London : Continuum International Pub., 2012.
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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Continuum Literary Studies
Continuum literary studies.
Contents Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Transcription Conventions; Introduction; 1 Speech Representation and Direct Speech; 2 Narrative and Self-Presentation; 3 Data and Methods; 4 Frequencies, Distributions and Factors Affecting Direct Speech; 5 Voice Representation, Gender and Dominant Discourses; 6 Self-Presentation; 7 Self Through Other-Presentation; Overview and Conclusions; Appendix; References; Index.
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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Subject Greek language, Modern -- Grammar.
Greek language, Modern -- Grammar.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Semantics.
Semantics.
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lampropoulou, Sofia. Direct Speech, Self-presentation and Communities of Practice : Modern Greek Narratives. London : Continuum International Publishing, ©2012 9781441123848
ISBN 9781441167064 (electronic book)
1441167064 (electronic book)

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