scholarly journals Visual and Oral Narratives of Place and Belonging during Brexit

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 423-453
Author(s):  
Maria Abranches ◽  
Ulrike G. Theuerkauf
Keyword(s):  
Oral Narratives

“Scrap-Heap Storiesˮ: Oral Narratives of Labour and Loss in Scottish Mining and Manufacturing

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2-2018) ◽  
pp. 8-21
Author(s):  
Arthur McIvor
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Oral Narratives ◽  
Industrial Work ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Plant Closures ◽  
The Impact

This article is an attempt to comprehend deindustrialisation and the impact of plant downsizing and closures in Scotland since the 1970s through listening to the voices of workers and reflecting on their ways of telling, whilst making some observations on how an oral history methodology can add to our understanding. It draws upon a rich bounty of oral history projects and collections undertaken in Scotland over recent decades. The lush description and often intense articulated emotion help us as academic “outsidersˮ to better understand how lives were profoundly affected by plant closures, getting us beyond statistical body counts and overly sentimentalised and nostalgic representations of industrial work to more nuanced understandings of the meanings and impacts of job loss. In recalling their lived experience of plant run-downs and closures, narrators are informing and interpreting; projecting a sense of self in the process and drawing meaning from their working lives. My argument here is that we need to listen attentively and learn from those who bore witness and try to make sense of these diverse, different and sometimes contradictory stories. We should take cognisance of silences and transgressing voices as well as dominant, hegemonic narratives if we are to deepen the conversation and understand the complex but profound impacts that deindustrialisation had on traditional working-class communities in Scotland, as well as elsewhere.

The Development of Children's Oral Narratives Across Contexts

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adina Schick ◽  
Gigliana Melzi
Keyword(s):  
Oral Narratives

Lexical Arguments and Information Types in Malay Oral Narratives

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-97
Author(s):  
Siaw-Fong Chung
Keyword(s):  
Information Flow ◽  
The Other ◽  
Discourse Structure ◽  
Oral Narratives ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
The Core ◽  
New Information ◽  
Intonation Units ◽  
Locative Expressions ◽  
Transitive Verbs

The analysis in this paper was based on five Malay narratives of the “frog story”. In these narratives, the types of lexical arguments and their relations with information flow and topic continuity were analyzed. It was found that most narrators used one lexical argument in telling the frog story (e.g., sarang itu jatuh “the nest fell”). About 60% of the verbs in the narratives contained one lexical argument only. Some transitive verbs that usually require the presence of both lexical arguments were used with one lexical argument only when produced in speech (e.g., dia mencari ø di merata tempat “he searched (for) ø everywhere”). Objects were sometimes omitted, as their meanings could be predicted from previous context. Despite the omission of objects, transitive constructions still prevailed in the stories. The most frequently occurring lexical arguments were objects (O) (37%), followed by intransitive subjects (S) (29%) and transitive subjects (A) (27%). In addition, our results showed that new information in Malay was usually allocated to the core argument of the object and to locative expressions, indicating that most of the new information appeared at the end of a clause. On the other hand, topic continuity was held between the subjects in two continuous intonation units. This clear-cut division of discourse functions in the heads and tails of constructions was consistently found in the five pieces of narration. This observation not only showed how ideas could be continued in Malay oral narratives, but also contributes to the study of discourse structure in Malay.

Oral narratives in monolingual and bilingual preschoolers with SLI

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 830-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Rezzonico ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Patricia L. Cleave ◽  
Janice Greenberg ◽  
Kathleen Hipfner-Boucher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Narratives

scholarly journals Multimodal analysis of quotation in oral narratives

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kashmiri Stec ◽  
Mike Huiskes ◽  
Gisela Redeker
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Meaningful Use ◽  
Initial Position ◽  
Sequence Type ◽  
Oral Narratives ◽  
Direct Speech ◽  
Left Boundary ◽  
Multimodal Analysis ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
The Difference

AbstractWe investigate direct speech quotation in informal oral narratives by analyzing the contribution of bodily articulators (character viewpoint gestures, character facial expression, character intonation, and the meaningful use of gaze) in three quote environments, or quote sequences – single quotes, quoted monologues and quoted dialogues – and in initial vs. non-initial position within those sequences. Our analysis draws on findings from the linguistic and multimodal realization of quotation, where multiple articulators are often observed to be co-produced with single direct speech quotes (e.g. Thompson & Suzuki 2014), especially on the so-called left boundary of the quote (Sidnell 2006). We use logistic regression to model multimodal quote production across and within quote sequences, and find unique sets of multimodal articulators accompanying each quote sequence type. We do not, however, find unique sets of multimodal articulators which distinguish initial from non-initial utterances; utterance position is instead predicted by type of quote and presence of a quoting predicate. Our findings add to the growing body of research on multimodal quotation, and suggest that the multimodal production of quotation is more sensitive to the number of characters and utterances which are quoted than to the difference between introducing and maintaining a quoted characters’ perspective.

scholarly journals A jovem normalista que fui, a professora que fui: inserção profissional feminina através de memórias de normalistas

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Raquel Silveira Martins
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
History Of Education ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Oral Narratives ◽  
Normal School ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Woman Teacher ◽  
History Of

Esse artigo busca apresentar os resultados de uma pesquisa sobre a escolha do magistério como forma de inserção profissional de normalistas que frequentaram a Escola Normal Nossa Senhora de Oliveira, na cidade Oliveira, no  Centro-Oeste de Minas Gerais, entre os anos 1971 e 1974. Nesse sentido, as ideias que permeiam esse esboço vão ao encontro das concepções e conceitos sobre a mulher-professora, a formação de professores, em especial para o antigo ensino primário, e a história da educação em Minas Gerais. A metodologia utilizada é concernente à pesquisa narrativa e os dados terão como fonte principal narrativas orais de formandas da referida escola normal no período assinalado.The young normalist I was, the teacher I was: female professional insertion through normalist memories. This article aims to present research results on the choice of teaching as a form of professional insertion for normalistas who attended the Normal School of Our Lady of Oliveira, Oliveira city, Midwest of Minas Gerais, between 1971 and 1974. In this sense, the ideas that pervade this outline will meet the ideas and concepts of the woman - teacher, teacher training, especially for the old primary school, and the history of education in Minas Gerais. The methodology used is concerning the narrative research and data will have as the main source of oral narratives trainees said normal school in the indicated period. Keywords: Normalists; Feminization; Teacher school; Narrative research.

Stickwriting Stories

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa A. Ukrainetz
Keyword(s):  
Time Sequence ◽  
Language Intervention ◽  
Oral Narratives ◽  
Inclusive Classroom ◽  
Stick Figure ◽  
Story Content ◽  
Important Target ◽  
Narrative Intervention ◽  
Figure Drawings ◽  
Notational System

Narrative is an important target of language intervention. However, oral narratives are difficult to remember, review, and revise because of their length and complexity. Writing is an option, but is often frustrating for both student and clinician. This article introduces a notational system called pictography that can be useful for temporarily preserving story content. Children represent the characters, settings, and sequences of actions with simple, chronologically or episodically organized stick-figure drawings. As a quick and easy representational strategy, pictography is applicable to both individual language intervention and inclusive classroom settings. This article describes benefits observed in narrative intervention, including facilitation of a time sequence, increased length and quality, and a greater focus on narrative content rather than on the mechanics of writing.

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