Generational styles in oral storytelling
What can be learned from narrative priming?
Annette Gerstenberg | University of Potsdam
When it comes to autobiographical narratives, the most
spontaneous and natural manner is preferable. But neither individually told
narratives nor those grounded in the communicative repertoire of a social group
are easily comparable. A clearly identifiable tertium
comparationis is mandatory. We present the results of an
experimental ‘Narrative Priming’ setting with French students. A potentially
underlying model of narrating from personal experience was activated via a
narrative prime, and in a second step, the participants were asked to tell a
narrative of their own. The analysis focuses on similarities and differences
between the primes and the students’ narratives. The results give evidence for
the possibility to elicit a set of comparable narratives via a prime, and to
activate an underlying narrative template. Meaningful differences are discussed
as generational and age related styles. The transcriptions from the participants that authorized the publication are available online.
Keywords: generational styles, priming, sociolinguistics, experimental, positioning, narrative templates, French, doing storytelling, narratives from personal experience, spoken language
Published online: 02 July 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.18042.ger
https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.18042.ger
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