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Author Mulrooney, Kristin J.

Title Extraordinary from the ordinary : personal experience narratives in American Sign Language / Kristin Jean Mulrooney.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (174 pages) : illustrations, digital file.
text file
Series The sociolinguistics in deaf communities series, 1080-5494 ; v. 15
Sociolinguistics in deaf communities series ; v. 15.
Note OldControl:muse9781563684388.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-167) and index.
Contents Narrative analysis -- Theoretical background -- Analyzing narratives -- A prototypical narrative -- The structure of introduction and background sections in ASL narratives -- The structure of main-event sections in ASL narratives -- The structure of explication, reflection, and conclusion sections in ASL narratives -- Conclusion.
Summary In her study, the 15th Volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities Series, Kristin Jean Mulrooney shows that accounts by Deaf persons expressed in ASL possess the same characteristics and functions as oral personal narratives, providing insight into the social dimensions of language use.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Narration (Rhetoric)
Narration (Rhetoric)
American Sign Language -- Composition and exercises.
American Sign Language.
Indexed Term Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
"Multi-User"
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Dictionaries.
Dictionaries.
Other Form: Print version: 1563684160 9781563684166
ISBN 1563684381
9781563684388 (electronic book)
9781563684166
1563684160