Point of View in Plays: A Cognitive Stylistic Approach to Viewpoint in Drama and Other Text-Types

(Book #3 in the Linguistic Approaches to Literature Series)

by Dan McIntyre

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This is the first book-length study of how point of view is manifested linguistically in dramatic texts. It examines such issues as how readers process the shifts in viewpoint that can occur within such texts. Using insights from cognitive linguistics, the book aims to explain how the analysis of point of view in drama can be undertaken, and how this is fruitful for understanding textual and discoursal effects in this genre. Following on from a consideration...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:9027233357

ISBN13:9789027233356

Release Date:September 2006

Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Company

Length:203 Pages

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Criticism & Theory Education & Reference Foreign Language Study & Reference History & Criticism Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Literature Words, Language & Grammar

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Point of View in Plays: A Cognitive Stylistic Approach to Viewpoint in Drama and Other Text-Types

(Book #3 in the Linguistic Approaches to Literature Series)

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