Despite the current explosion of interest in cognitive linguistics, there has so far been relatively little research by cognitive linguists on narrative comprehension. Emmott draws on insights from discourse analysis and artificial intelligence to present a detailed model of how readers build, maintain, and use mental representations of fictional contexts, and how they keep track of characters and contexts within a complex, changing fictional world. The work has implications for linguistic theory since it questions several long-held assumptions about anaphora, arguing for a 'levels of consciousness' model for the processing of referring expressions. The book begins with a summary of current issues in text-processing theory and a discussion of the methodological importance of recognizing the hierarchical structure of discourse. The core of the book explores the significance of contextual monitoring in narrative comprehension and looks particularly at the cognitive demands placed on readers by flashbacks. Later chapters examine the implications of contextual monitoring for reference theory and for a literary-linguistic model of narrative text types. The study focuses on anaphoric prouns in narratives, assessing the accumulated kwledge required for readers to interpret these key grammatical items.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
ISBN-10
0198236492
ISBN-13
9780198236498
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96292595
Product Key Features
Author
Catherine Emmott
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
Literary Theory
Type
Textbook
Dimensions
Weight
522g
Height
224mm
Width
145mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Oxford
Spine
21mm
Content Note
Line Figures
Date of Publication
03/04/1997
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Genre
Literary Theory
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