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Mind, brain and narrative /
"Narratives enable readers to vividly experience fictional and non-fictional contexts. Writers use a variety of language features to control these experiences: they direct readers in how to construct contexts, how to draw inferences and how to identify the key parts of a story. Writers can skil...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012018827-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012018827-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012018827-t.html |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: List of illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Narrative and the rhetorical processing framework; 2. Fundamentals of text processing; 3. Multiple levels: counterfactual worlds and figurative language; 4. Attention in text: foregrounding and rhetorical focussing; 5. Rhetorical focussing and depth of processing; 6. The experiential aspect: using embodiment theory; 7. Narrative perspective and the representation of speech and thought; 8. Hot cognition: emotion, empathy and suspense; 9. Narrative's social impact: persuasion and attitude change; 10. Final comments; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index.