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Chafe, Wallace L. 1980. The deployment of consciousness in the production of a narrative. In Chafe, Wallace L., ed. The pear stories: Cognitive, cultural, and linguistic aspects of narrative production. Ablex Publishing Company. pp. 9–50.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

consciousness | narrative, production of

Annotation

C. attempts to give a partial justification of the claim that how people use language depends very much on what they are conscious of from one moment to the next, coupled with a concern for what is going on in the consciousness of the listener. He also explores some of the ways in which an understanding of how consciousness works is essential to an understanding of how language works.