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- ISBN: 9781904713111 | 1904713114
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 11/1/2005
Storytelling is a universal human activity and oral narration has long been fertile ground for linguists working on tense usage across a variety of languages. Fascinating parallels have been drawn between the patterns in 'conversational' narration-such as anecdotes or personal stories-and in medieval narratives. This book introduces oral storytelling into the debate, using data from traditional and contemporary storytellers in French.