coherent, xii, 31, 103, 106, 134, 136–137

combination, xii, 8, 22, 31, 76, 100, 102, 106, 126

competition, 35, 60–63, 65, 79–82, 88, 91, 101

complicity, 35, 62, 67, 74, 77–78, 80–82, 88, 91, 101, 147, 149

Confucian, 110, 118, 120

connective, 27–29, 38, 39, 41, 43–45, 47–53, 55–57, 59–60, 67–68, 70–72, 74–75, 77–79, 81–82, 85, 90–91, 94, 96, 100, 103, 113–114

context, 15–16, 18–20, 128–129, 138

contrastive narrative structure, 110, 113, 115, 117–120, 123

counteraction, 35, 62, 72, 77, 79–82, 88–89, 101

cultural

content, 133

convention, 108

cross-cultural, 4, 135

determination, 13, 21, 110–111, 123, 126

feature, 134

norm, 117–118

culture, xi, xii, xiii, xiv, 1–2, 12, 21, 100, 108, 110–112, 117–120, 122–123, 126, 129, 132–136

Dan, I., 76

daughter, 28, 39–41, 51–52, 57, 79–82, 118

de Beaugrande, R., 111

degree of linearity. See linearity

delivery, 34, 77, 100

dénouement, 102, 105, 116

departure, 35, 72, 77, 90, 146

deviation, xii, 20, 22, 93, 105–107, 141

didactic moral, xii, 109–110, 116–120, 123

discourse, 5–6, 15, 16, 18–19, 112, 130–131

disequilibrium, 34, 47, 87, 101, 121

donor, 12, 24–25, 35–46, 76–77, 83, 85, 114, 116, 118

dramatis personae, 12, 24, 99

Drory, R., 42, 114, 116, 119

drum, 49, 82, 83

drunkard, 42–46

Dundes, A., 12–13, 16, 19, 21, 111, 121–122, 128, 141

elephant, 50–51, 61, 122

embeddedness, 18–19, 30, 129

episode, 103, 111, 136

equilibrium, 34, 47–54, 86–87, 101, 121–122

ethnic groups, 2, 23

Bamar (Burman), 2, 23

Chin, 2