LING 3P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Iconicity, Variable Rules Analysis, Pragmatics
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(4) narrative > a. (abstract) brackets mean optional. E b. (orientation) v a c. complication l u d. evaluation -crucial part-point of the story a t e. resolution i o f. (coda) n. Most dynamic part of the story; moves it forward. Usually ends with resolution (this overlaps with complication) Sometimes its difficult to separate resolution from the story d. evaluation: significance of story: tells us -so what? (essential to the story) e. g. well, i almost got killed. Typicality can occur anywhere e. resolution: how events sort themselves out (outcome) e. g. she got 1 million dollar compensation. Can coincide with evaluation f. coda: signals end of narrative e. g. well, that"s the way it happened. (or: that"s all) B: 1 yeh i was in the boy scouts at the time o. 2 and we was doing the 50-yard dash. 4 but we was at the pier, marked off. 5 and so we was doing the 50-yard dash.