Irit Kupferberg
List of John Benjamins publications in which Irit Kupferberg is involved.
Articles
2008 Narrators defend their side of the story metaphorically at troubled narrative junctions Narrative Inquiry 18:2, pp. 258–273 | Article
The study explores troubled Israeli telephone talk to explain the functions of figurative clusters (FCs) produced in callers’ stories. Espousing a theoretical framework comprising discourse-oriented institutional conversation analysis, narrative inquiry and discursive psychology, as well as a… read more
2001 Figurative Positioning in Hotline Stories Narrative Inquiry 11:2, pp. 385–410 | Article
Personal stories and tropes are ubiquitous in problem talk (e.g. therapy, counseling and hotline) which focuses on problem presentation, discussion and candidate solutions. Current studies of radio problem talk between troubled callers and psychologists show that certain tropes constitute the gist… read more