Narrative Theory and Narrative Development: The Labovian Impact

Berman, Ruth A.

doi:10.1075/jnlh.7.29nar

Article published In: Oral Versions of Personal Experience: Three decades of narrative analysis
[Journal of Narrative and Life History 7:1-4] 1997
► pp. 235–244

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Narrative Theory and Narrative Development: The Labovian Impact

Ruth A. Berman | Tel Aviv University

Published online: 4 August 2015

https://doi.org/10.1075/jnlh.7.29nar

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