Pragmatics and Fiction
Jon-K. Adams
Pragmatics and Fiction explores the basic pragmatic differences between fictional and nonfictional discourse. These differences derive mainly from the creation of a fictional figure who narrates the text and who, in turn, addresses his narrative to a fictional audience. Since these figures become the language users of the fictional text and, therefore, displace the actual writer and reader from the communicative context, they dominate the text’s pragmatic features. After elaborating a description of fiction from the point of view of these fictional language users, some of the implications for literary interpretation are taken up, particularly those for reader-oriented criticism.
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Année:
1985
Editeur::
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Langue:
english
Pages:
83
ISBN 10:
9027225443
ISBN 13:
9789027225443
Collection:
Pragmatics & Beyond
Fichier:
PDF, 7.78 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1985