Telling a story with (almost) no tenses
The structure of written narrative in Burmese
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3987279 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pavel Ozerov (0000-0003-3520-9683, La Trobe University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ling-2015-0027 |
| OpenAlex | W2561282715 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
Studies of narrative in various European languages analyzed the discourse structure as an elaborate system of oppositions based on complex paradigms of TAM categories. However, for obvious reasons this approach is not applicable for languages like Burmese, whose paradigmatic sets of TAM categories are very limited. Hence, although manifold discourse structuring devices are identified and described for this kind of languages, rarely do they form a coherently structured system. This study aims at representing discourse structuring strategies of narration in written colloquial Burmese as consisting of three principal categories, mobilized to reveal different aspects of the otherwise concealed presence of speech act participants. This results in a deviation of the narration from its typical form of untouched retelling of objectively represented events along three parameters: (a) remoteness vs. "here-and-now" relevance, (b) objective vs. subjective representation and (c) monologue vs. dialogic settings of communication. The fine structure of narrative in Burmese is shown to be an outcome of the interaction of these functions
Burmese · Dialogic · Epistemology · Linguistics · Narrative · Narrative structure · Political science · Relevance (law) · Representation (politics) · Sociology · Structuring · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |