We knew that's it: Retelling the turning point of a narrative

Discourse Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 535-561

  Schiffrin, Deborah ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collective memory; constructed dialogue; identity; narrative; oral history; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542479470     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614456030054005     Document Type: Article

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