Masahiko Minami
List of John Benjamins publications for which Masahiko Minami plays a role.
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Narrative as cultural representation: An analysis of Japanese-language learners’ storytelling styles from the perspective of coherence and cohesion Methodology of Narrative Study: What the first thirty years of Narrative Inquiry have revealed, McCabe, Allyssa and Dorien Van De Mieroop (eds.), pp. 214–235 | Article
2021 This paper addresses issues related to narrative, cognition, and culture within the framework of foreign- or second-language (L2) narrative discourse, using a methodology of connecting the story- and language-related qualities of narrative discourse. The term “coherence” refers to whether or not… read more
Telling good stories in different languages: Bilingual children’s styles of story construction and their linguistic and educational implications Narrative Inquiry 18:1, pp. 83–110 | Article
2008 There are many ways to tell a story, but whether a story is good or bad depends on whether or not the listener/reader can comprehend all that the speaker/writer wants to convey in his or her story. This study examines the characteristics of stories that native speakers of given languages consider… read more
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The Relationship between Narrative Identity and Culture Narrative Identity, Bamberg, Michael and Allyssa McCabe, pp. 75–80 | Miscellaneous
2000 Review of Fludernik (1996): Towards a ‘Natural’ Narratology Narrative Inquiry 8:2, pp. 467–472 | Review
1998 Politeness Markers and Psychological Complements: Wrapping-up Devices in Japanese Oral Personal Narratives Narrative Inquiry 8:2, pp. 351–371 | Article
1998 Frames are not only universal cognitive categories to explain the narrator's consciousness, they are also a socioculturally determined concept. Using verse/stanza analysis, which is widely accepted as an effective means of analyzing narrative structure, this study examines how narrative discourse… read more
Japanese Preschool Children's and Adults' Narrative Discourse Competence and Narrative Structure Journal of Narrative and Life History 6:4, pp. 349–373 | Article
1996 Abstract This study presents empirical evidence o f Japanese preschool children's (a) narrative discourse competence and narrative structure and (b) rhetorical/expressive flexibility, compared to adults. With data on oral personal narratives told by Japanese preschoolers and adults, and with… read more
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Acts of Meaning Journal of Narrative and Life History 1:2/3, pp. 253–254 | Article
1991