The language of life and death: The transformation of experience in oral narrative

The Language of Life and Death: The Transformation of Experience in Oral Narrative

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-239

  Labov, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139519632     Document Type: Book

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