Author : Gary Barkhuizen
Release : 2013-10-10
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 640/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Narrative Research in Applied Linguistics by : Gary Barkhuizen
Download or read book Narrative Research in Applied Linguistics written by Gary Barkhuizen. This book was released on 2013-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together contributions from various researchers, providing an overview of narrative research approaches and demonstrating how these work in practice. A broad range of approaches are covered, from well-established and well-known thematic analysis (particularly of 'big stories'), to the more recent sociolinguistic discourse analysis of 'small stories', and the innovative analysis and presentation of visual and performance data such as drawings and drama. This overview includes not just an illustration of narrative research, but the methodological processes which underpin it, relating these to relevant narrative theory. The book, therefore, is both a how-to-do narrative research text and a presentation of narrative studies, providing case study examples and ideas for further research.
