Who tells which story and why? Micro and macro contexts in narrative

Text and Talk

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-442

  De Fina, Anna ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Italian Language and Linguistics ^*

Author keywords

Identity; Italian Americans; Migration; Narrative; Stories; Storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449117887     PISSN: 18607330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TEXT.2008.020     Document Type: Review

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