Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
"How do we read stories? How do they engage our minds and create meaning? Are they a mental construct, a linguistic one or a cultural one? What is the difference between real stories and fictional ones? This book addresses such questions by describing the conceptual and linguistic underpinnings of narrative interpretation. Barbara Dancygier discusses literary texts as linguistic artifacts, describing the processes which drive the emergence of literary meaning. If a text means something to someone, she argues, there have to be linguistic phenomena that make it possible. Drawing on blending theory and construction grammar, the book focuses its linguistic lens on the concepts of the narrator and the story, and defines narrative viewpoint in a new way. The examples come from a wide spectrum of texts, primarily novels and drama, by authors such as William Shakespeare, Margaret Atwood, Philip Roth, Dave Eggers, Jan Potocki and Mikhail Bulgakov"--
"The relationship between language and literature is a contentious issue. On the one hand, it may simply be described as a relationship between raw material and a finished product - language provides the basis on which creative and unique works of literature emerge. On the other hand, once we look at meaning, the dividing lines begin to fade - it is difficult to define a sharp boundary separating the meaning of literary works and the meaning of other texts. One way of downplaying the obvious links is to claim that fiction engages knowledge much broader and culturally specific than every-day use of language does. But that would be an exaggeration. One could not follow an ordinary discussion of, say, climate change if one did not have any prior knowledge of the issue"--
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Showing 6 featured editions. View all 6 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Language of Stories: A Cognitive Approach
2015, Cambridge University Press
in English
1107558611 9781107558618
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2
Language of Stories: A Cognitive Approach
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
1139119788 9781139119788
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
Language of Stories: A Cognitive Approach
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
051179441X 9780511794414
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
4
Language of Stories: A Cognitive Approach
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
1139117610 9781139117616
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
5
Language of Stories: A Cognitive Approach
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
1139115448 9781139115445
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
6
The language of stories: a cognitive approach
2011, Cambridge University Press
in English
1107005825 9781107005822
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Classifications
External Links
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created July 26, 2011
- 7 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
September 25, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
August 21, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
May 20, 2020 | Edited by CoverBot | Added new cover |
April 6, 2014 | Edited by ImportBot | Added IA ID. |
July 26, 2011 | Created by LC Bot | Imported from Library of Congress MARC record. |