Language and World Creation in Poems and Other Texts

By Elena Semino

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Introduces an interdisciplinary and practical approach to the analysis of poetry which focuses on text worlds: the contexts, scenarios or types of reality that readers construct in their inter-action with the language of texts. The book demonstrates, through the analysis of British and American poems and non-poetic tetxs, three ways of approaching poetic text worlds, namely as discourse situations, possible-worlds, and mental constructs. Clear and detailed introductions to linguistic theories of definiteness and deixis, possible-world theory and schema theory are included, making the book accessible to readers who are unfamiliar with these frameworks.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0582303540

ISBN13:9780582303546

Release Date:July 1997

Publisher:Routledge

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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