Fiction and Pragmatics

"This Element outlines current issues in the study of the pragmatics of fiction. It starts from the premise that fictional texts are complex and multilayered communicative acts which deserve attention in pragmatic research in their own right, and it highlights the need to understand them as cultural artefacts rich in possibilities to explore pragmatic effects and pragmatic theorising. The issues covered are (1) the participation structure of fictional texts, (2) the performance aspect of fictional texts, (3) the interaction between readers and viewers and the fictional texts, and (4) the pragmatic effects of drawing on indexical linguistic features for evoking ideologies in characterisation"--

List of contents

1. Introducing Fiction and Pragmatics; 2. Participation Structure; 3. Performance; 4. Interaction; 5. Discourse and Ideologies through Character Creation; 6. Conclusions and Outlook; Acknowledgements; References.

Summary

This Element outlines current issues in the study of the pragmatics of fiction. It starts from the premise that fictional texts are complex and multi-layered communicative acts which deserve attention in pragmatic research in their own right, and it highlights the need to understand them and to explore pragmatic effects and pragmatic theorising.

Foreword

This Element outlines current issues in the study of the pragmatics of fiction.

Product details

• Authors: Andreas H. Jucker, Jucker Andreas H., Daniela Landert, Landert Daniela, Miriam A. Locher, Miriam A. (Universitat Basel Locher, Locher Miriam A., Thomas C. Messerli
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2023
• EAN: 9781009095433
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0909543-3
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Pragmatics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc