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This book explores two important tasks of language - presenting ‘who’ we are talking about and ‘what happened’ in a narrative - and how this alters according to emergent forms and meanings. Using a range of examples, it shows how words, structures and meanings are re-used in new contexts for new listeners.Schiffrin, Deborah is the author of 'In Other Words Variation in Reference and Narrative', published 2006 under ISBN 9780521481595 and ISBN 0521481597.
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