| A Multimodal View of Aspectuality in Oral Narratives Contributor(s): Richter, Nicole (Other), Denisova, Valeriia (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631787936 ISBN-13: 9783631787939 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $60.93 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Foreign Language Study - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Series: Slovo |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.93 lbs) 206 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Germany - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book focuses on event boundedness which can be expressed in the aspectual distinction (perfective and imperfective) and on kinesthetic level between gestures that include one or several energy impulses (bounded) and smooth gestures (unbounded). The correlation of verbal and gestural expression of event boundedness is studied on the basis of oral narratives produced by Russian L1, French L1 and (Russians as) French L2 speakers. The results reveal differences in event construal in multimodal terms by speakers of different languages. Overall, the book gives insight into not only the category of aspect, but also the ways in which it is realized in spontaneous oral narratives, and more generally: event construal on the verbal and gestural levels. |