Cynthia Gordon is Assistant Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University. She is the co-editor of Family Talk: Discourse and Identity in Four American Families.

Cynthia Gordons meticulous and stunningly insightful analysis of a unique data set demonstrates how family members make use of, and create, frames by repeating and transforming earlier utterances in their daily conversations. A truly groundbreaking book that enriches our understanding of framing, intertextuality, family interaction, and the interrelationship among them.

• 1. Introduction: Intertextuality and Framing in Family Discourse ; 2. "All right my love?" "All right my dove": Extreme Intextuality and "Framing Family" ; 3. "Tell Uncle Noodles what you did today": Intertextuality, Child-centered Frames, and "Extending Family" ; 4. "You're the superior subject": Layering Meanings by Creating Overlapping and Embedded Frame ; 5. "Kelly, I think that hole must mean Tigger": Blending Frames and Reframing in Interaction ; 6. Conclusion: Intetextuality, Framing, and the Study of Family Discourse ; Postscript: "Old habits never die, they just mutate" ; Appendix: Transcription Conventions ; Notes ; References ; Index

Cynthia Gordon is Assistant Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University. She is the co-editor of Family Talk: Discourse and Identity in Four American Families.

Cynthia Gordons meticulous and stunningly insightful analysis of a unique data set demonstrates how family members make use of, and create, frames by repeating and transforming earlier utterances in their daily conversations. A truly groundbreaking book that enriches our understanding of framing, intertextuality, family interaction, and the interrelationship among them.

• 1. Introduction: Intertextuality and Framing in Family Discourse ; 2. "All right my love?" "All right my dove": Extreme Intextuality and "Framing Family" ; 3. "Tell Uncle Noodles what you did today": Intertextuality, Child-centered Frames, and "Extending Family" ; 4. "You're the superior subject": Layering Meanings by Creating Overlapping and Embedded Frame ; 5. "Kelly, I think that hole must mean Tigger": Blending Frames and Reframing in Interaction ; 6. Conclusion: Intetextuality, Framing, and the Study of Family Discourse ; Postscript: "Old habits never die, they just mutate" ; Appendix: Transcription Conventions ; Notes ; References ; Index

Cynthia Gordon is Assistant Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University. She is the co-editor of Family Talk: Discourse and Identity in Four American Families.

Cynthia Gordons meticulous and stunningly insightful analysis of a unique data set demonstrates how family members make use of, and create, frames by repeating and transforming earlier utterances in their daily conversations. A truly groundbreaking book that enriches our understanding of framing, intertextuality, family interaction, and the interrelationship among them.

• 1. Introduction: Intertextuality and Framing in Family Discourse ; 2. "All right my love?" "All right my dove": Extreme Intextuality and "Framing Family" ; 3. "Tell Uncle Noodles what you did today": Intertextuality, Child-centered Frames, and "Extending Family" ; 4. "You're the superior subject": Layering Meanings by Creating Overlapping and Embedded Frame ; 5. "Kelly, I think that hole must mean Tigger": Blending Frames and Reframing in Interaction ; 6. Conclusion: Intetextuality, Framing, and the Study of Family Discourse ; Postscript: "Old habits never die, they just mutate" ; Appendix: Transcription Conventions ; Notes ; References ; Index