Self-Instruction Materials on Narrative Discourse Analysis

The approach presented in this volume has been used to analyse narratives in more than 500 languages. Topics include

• preparation and charting of texts for analysis 
• factors involved in the ordering of constituents within sentences 
• backgrounding and highlighting devices
• connectives
• reporting conversation in narrative 
• participant reference

This self-instruction course will help those who have completed an initial language learning and analysis phase in a language project, are planning to be involved in a Scripture translation project, or are engaged in the study of a language spoken anywhere in the world. 

Recommended prerequisites are the completion of a Language Study Skills track of an assignment-related training course, with associated field experience or its equivalent. Students will need an appropriate selection of narrative texts in the language they are studying.

*Self-Instruction Materials on Narrative Discourse Analysis is a companion volume to Self-Instruction Materials on Non-Narrative Discourse Analysis, published by SIL International® 2023.