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008			141115s2012 enka b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781107005822
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC _dBD-DhEU
041			_aeng
082	0	0	_a808.036 _223 _bDAL 2012
100	1		_aDancygier, Barbara.
245	1	4	_aThe language of stories : _ba cognitive approach / _cBarbara Dancygier.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_axi, 228 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-224) and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: 1. Language and literary narratives; 2. Blending, narrative spaces, and the emergent story; 3. Stories and their tellers; 4. Viewpoint: representation and compression; 5. Referential expressions and narrative spaces; 6. Fictional minds and embodiment in drama and fiction; 7. Spoken discourse and thought in literary discourse; 8. Stories in the mind.
520			_a"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"--
520			_a"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"--
590			_aMKI
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _xStyle _xPsychological aspects.
650		0	_aCognitive grammar.
650		0	_aDiscourse analysis, Literary.
650		7	_aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics _2bisacsh.
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/05822/cover/9781107005822.jpg
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2011015550-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2011015550-d.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2011015550-t.html
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