Speaking from experience: Narrative schemas, deixis, and authenticity effects in Verena Stefan's feminist confession Shedding

Language and Literature

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-23

  Warner, Chantelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Autobiography; Deixis; German; Schema; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 61949298786     PISSN: 09639470     EISSN: 14617293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963947008099303     Document Type: Article

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