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.
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.
This book describes the conceptual and linguistic underpinnings of narrative interpretation.
Barbara Dancygier is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Her publications include Conditionals and Prediction (Cambridge, 1999) and Mental Spaces in Grammar (with Eve Sweetser, Cambridge, 2005).
'Drawing on key developments in cognitive linguistics, including
construction grammar and blending theory, this accessible,
well-organized, and richly synthetic study outlines exciting new
directions for research on narrative.' David Herman, Ohio State
University
'For anyone who still needs to be convinced of the rich value of
the cognitive turn in arts and humanities, this book provides it.
It is erudite and elegant, readable and significant, and it
succeeds by the force of its argument and the texture of its
analysis. It is both precise and breathtaking in its range.' Peter
Stockwell, Chair in Literary Linguistics, University of
Nottingham
'A brilliant and original book on language and stories as twin
creations of the human mind. Dancygier elegantly offers new
insights into the way we think.' Mark Turner, Institute Professor
and Professor of Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve
University
'Barbara Dancygier's new approach to defining narrative viewpoint
presented in her book The Language of Stories: A Cognitive Approach
is very convincing and comprehensible. This book makes an important
contribution to literary linguistics and at the same time outlines
innovative directions for research on narrative. Dancygier's study
is of interest to linguists and literary scholars, is suitable for
scientists and for students. It's a remarkable and highly
recommendable book.' Natalia Shchyhlevska, Language and
Dialogue
'What I appreciated most in The Language of Stories [was]
Dancygier's attention to small lexical and grammatical textual
choices and her rigorous attempt to follow the effect of these
details through to the macro-level of meaning construction.' Elke
D'hoker, English Text Construction
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