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Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose
01 May 1982-
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a method of analysis and some examples of levels of style, text style, and frequency in a novel, and discuss the relationship between text style and text content.
Abstract: Foreword Introduction Part I: Approaches and methods 1. Style and Choice 2. Style, Text and Frequency 3. A Method of Analysis and some Examples 4. Levels of Style Part II: Aspects of style 5. Language and the Fictional World 6. Mind Style 7. The Rhetoric of Text 8. Discourse and Discourse Situation 9. Conversation in the Novel 10. Speech and Thought Presentation Passages and topics for further study Further reading Bibliography Index of works discussed General index
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23 Jun 2010
TL;DR: This book presents a complete method for the identification of metaphor in language at the level of word use based on extensive methodological and empirical corpus-linguistic research in two languages, English and Dutch.
Abstract: 1. Preface 2. Acknowledgements 3. Chapter 1. Linguistic metaphor identification in usage 4. Chapter 2. MIPVU: A manual for identifying metaphor-related words 5. Chapter 3. Metaphor identification in news texts 6. Chapter 4. Metaphor identification in conversation 7. Chapter 5. Metaphor identification in fiction 8. Chapter 6. Metaphor identification in academic discourse 9. Chapter 7. Metaphor identification in Dutch news and conversations 10. Chapter 8. Reliability tests 11. Chapter 9. From method to research: Cleaning up our act 12. Chapter 10. Metaphor in English discourse: A corpus-linguistic approach 13. Chapter 11. The quality of evidence: From MIP to MIPVU 14. Appendix. Overview of annotated files from BNC-Baby 15. References 16. Index
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01 Jan 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a survey of approaches to constructing a storyworld from context of Narration to Narrative as a type of text, with a focus on the role of stories in science.
Abstract: List of Illustrations. The Elements. Preface . The Scope and Aims of This Book. Storytelling Media and Modes of Narration. Acknowledgments . 1. Getting Started: A Thumbnail Sketch of the Approach Developed in This Book. Toward a Working Definition of Narrative. Profiles of Narrative. Narrative: Basic Elements. 2. Background and Context: Framing the Approach. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Narrative and Narrative Theory. Major Trends in Recent Scholarship on Narrative. 3. Back to the Elements: Narrative Occasions . Situating Stories. Sociolinguistic Approaches. Positioning Theory. The Narrative Communication Model. Conclusion. 4. Temporality, Particularity, and Narrative: An Excursion into the Theory of Text Types. From Contexts of Narration to Narrative as a Type of Text. Text Types and Categorization Processes. Narrative as a Text-Type Category: Descriptions vs. Stories vs. Explanations. Summing up: Text Types, Communicative Competence, and the Role of Stories in Science. 5. The Third Element: Or, How to Build a Storyworld . Narratives as Blueprints for Worldmaking. Narrative Ways of Worldmaking. Narrative Worlds: A Survey of Approaches. Configuring Narrative Worlds: The WHAT, WHERE, and WHEN Dimensions of Storyworlds. Worlds Disrupted: Narrativity and Noncanonical Events. 6. The Nexus of Narrative and Mind . The Consciousness Factor. Consciousness Across Narrative Genres. Experiencing Minds: What It's Like, Qualia, Raw Feels. Storied Minds: Narrative Foundations of Consciousness?. Appendix . Reproduction of Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" (1927). Transcript of a Story Told during Face-to-Face Interaction: UFO or the Devil. Pages from Daniel's Clowes's Graphic Novel Ghost World (1997). Screenshots from Terry Zwigoff's Film Version of Ghost World (2001). Glossary . References. Index
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TL;DR: This article presented a detailed analysis of free indirect discourse as it relates to narrative theory, and the crucial problematic of how speech and thought are represented in fiction, based on the insights of Ann Banfield's Unspeakable Sentences.
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01 Sep 2005
TL;DR: This chapter discusses literature as Discourse, the role of language in education, and research in Literature in Language Education.
Abstract: Acknowledgements Introduction: Literature as Discourse PART 1: LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND EDUCATION Literary Language and Ordinary Language Literature in the Curriculum: Culture and Contexts Reading Literature PART 2: EXPLORING RESEARCH IN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND EDUCATION: KEY STUDIES Introduction Language in Literature Educational Perspectives Readers Reading Literature PART 3: RESEARCHING LITERATURE IN LANGUAGE EDUCATION (LLE) Introduction Researching LLE: Focus on Methodologies Example Studies Carrying Out Your Own Research Project in LLE PART 4: RESOURCES Journals Websites Professional Organizations Other resources Glossary References Index
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TL;DR: The AUTHOR architecture is designed, implemented, and empirically evaluate a comprehensive computational model of narrative prose generation (NPG) that can create natural language stories for educational and entertainment environments and shows that AUTHOR is a well-defined and modularized architecture.
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